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Nailhac

Dordogne · CC Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir · INSEE 24302

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nailhac (INSEE 24302) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir. Population 289 (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/24302-nailhac

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,765 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.47104.67
Housing mix0.3151.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 1 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DE NAILHAC). [3,4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GERARD DUMONT, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (NAILHAC AP). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU COUCOU). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1L'AUBERGE DE NAILHACINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1GERARD DUMONT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1NAILHAC APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING DU COUCOUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 429 2023: 289 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 298 (2012) → 289 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 299 (1990) → 289 (2023): -3.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 236, of which 34.3 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.9 km S (Nailhac)Bakery — 3.6 km N (Hautefort)Primary school — 3.6 km N (Hautefort)Pharmacy — 3.7 km N (Hautefort)Food shop — 4.7 km N (Hautefort)
GP — 1.9 km SBakery — 3.6 km NPrimary school — 3.6 km NPharmacy — 3.7 km NFood shop — 4.7 km N Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Hautefort): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hautefort): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Nailhac): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Hautefort): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Hautefort): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the THENON weather station, 15.5 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 227 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at THENON, 15.5 km away at 265 m, over 19 summers. [10]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at THENON-MAN, 11.5 km away at 270 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24302/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24302/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24302/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24302/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24210
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24302
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Roussines1669 km NW29814.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Tannerre-en-Puisaye89317 km NE26917.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Châteauneuf-les-Bains63162 km NE30115.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 31 % · humidity 79 %
Florentin-la-Capelle12134 km SE28613No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 50 %
Saint-Prix07265 km E26921.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Limanton58279 km NE24214.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Roussines1669 km NW29814.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Florentin-la-Capelle12134 km SE28613No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 50 %
Châteauneuf-les-Bains63162 km NE30115.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 31 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Prix07265 km E26921.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Limanton58279 km NE24214.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Tannerre-en-Puisaye89317 km NE26917.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Nailhac's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Limanton58279 km NE24214.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-la-Vallée2453 km S23724.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lacaze81198 km SE31814.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Petit-Pressigny37189 km N30518.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Obterre36188 km N22415.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christophe1690 km N33418.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %