Monestier

Identity

Monestier (INSEE 24276) is in Dordogne (24), part of CA Bergeracoise. Population 385 (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/24276-monestier

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 18,038 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (STEFJEF · LE DOMAINE D'ELODIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (CHATEAU DES VIGIERS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 379 (2012) → 385 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 325 (1990) → 385 (2023): 18.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 273, of which 24.9 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac): 6.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Loubès-Bernac): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Loubès-Bernac): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac): 6.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Monestier): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST LAURENT VIGN weather station, 10.5 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 106 m. ^[11]

The village sits 81 m above 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 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BERGERAC, 16.5 km away at 49 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 57 m below 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 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST LAURENT VIGN, 10.5 km away at 25 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 — 24276/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24276/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24276/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24276/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24534
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47151
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24276
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024