Pazayac

Identity

Pazayac (INSEE 24321) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir. Population 811 (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/24321-pazayac

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 15,576 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FOIES GRAS LACON). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 847 (2012) → 811 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 640 (1990) → 811 (2023): 26.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 452, of which 5.5 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pazayac): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Feuillade): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mansac): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Pazayac): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BORREZE SA weather station, 17.3 km away at 335 m; the village itself is at 117 m. ^[12]

The village sits 218 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 10 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BORREZE SA, 17.3 km away at 335 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 218 m above 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 904 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TERRASSON-LAVILLEDIEU, 6.9 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

53 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 140,000 € — 1,311 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

7 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 65,000 € — 1,539 € per m². ^[13]

The median across Dordogne is 1,186 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24321/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24321/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24321/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24321/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24321
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24179
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19229
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19124
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025