Monplaisant

Identity

Monplaisant (INSEE 24293) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède. Population 265 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/24293-monplaisant

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,484 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (POURQUOI PAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA LENOTTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 276 (2012) → 265 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 216 (1990) → 265 (2023): 22.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 179, of which 21.2 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Monplaisant): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pays de Belvès): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pays de Belvès): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pays de Belvès): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sagelat): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BELVES weather station, 3.5 km away at 238 m; the village itself is at 158 m. ^[11]

The village sits 80 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 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELVES, 3.5 km away at 238 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 80 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 909 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BELVES, 1.9 km away at 142 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 — 24293/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24293/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24293/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24293/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24293
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24035
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24360
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024