Monsac

Identity

Monsac (INSEE 24281) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord. Population 178 (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/24281-monsac

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 15,268 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LA FERME DE SIRGUET). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 194 (2012) → 178 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 145 (1990) → 178 (2023): 22.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 33.6 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Monsac): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lalinde): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beaumontois en Périgord): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Couze-et-Saint-Front): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Monsac): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LOLME weather station, 13.4 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 147 m. ^[12]

The village sits 58 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BERGERAC, 14.5 km away at 49 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 98 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 856 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BEAUMONT, 5.8 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24281/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24281/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24281/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24281/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24281
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24223
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24028
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24143
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024