Ménesplet

Identity

Ménesplet (INSEE 24264) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Isle Double Landais. Population 1,928 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/24264-menesplet

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 9,842 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATACHOUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LEOXIME). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MENESPLET). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN CLAUDE BASTID). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIFS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE JULIETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (NATUR' HOTEL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 1,726 (2012) → 1,928 (2023): 11.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,328 (1990) → 1,928 (2023): 45.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 973, of which 2.6 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ménesplet): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ménesplet): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Pizou): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montpon-Ménestérol): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ménesplet): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTPON weather station, 6 km away at 79 m; the village itself is at 27 m. ^[11]

The village sits 52 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTPON, 6 km away at 79 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 52 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 702 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTPON, 6 km away at 79 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24264/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24264/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24264/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24264/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24264
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24329
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24294
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024