Saint-Germain-de-Belvès

Dordogne · CC Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède · INSEE 24416

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

Few services 26.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-de-Belvès (INSEE 24416) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède. Population 180 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 26.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 15,366 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.14	5	0.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX PLAISIRS SUCRES). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX PLAISIRS SUCRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 144 2023: 180 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 176 (2012) → 180 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 108 (1990) → 180 (2023): 66.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 163, of which 42.9 % second homes and 1.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 3.2 km SWFood shop — 4.5 km SWPharmacy — 4.5 km SWGP — 4.8 km SW 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 (Saint-Germain-de-Belvès): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pays de Belvès): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pays de Belvès): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pays de Belvès): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sagelat): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.7

Days at or below 0 °C 32.7

Muggy days a summer 4.4

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 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BELVES weather station, 7.6 km away at 238 m; the village itself is at 203 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELVES, 7.6 km away at 238 m, over 30 summers. ^[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, 4.7 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24416/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24416/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24416/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24416/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24416
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24035
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24360
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Peyzac-le-Moustier	24	21 km N	201	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon	43	203 km E	197	16.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 71 %
Le Poët-Célard	26	321 km E	148	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 24 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Hilaire-les-Courbes	19	109 km NE	178	16.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 28 %
Tourtouse	09	190 km S	169	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Malvières	43	219 km E	144	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Peyzac-le-Moustier	24	21 km N	201	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Hilaire-les-Courbes	19	109 km NE	178	16.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 28 %
Tourtouse	09	190 km S	169	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon	43	203 km E	197	16.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 71 %
Malvières	43	219 km E	144	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 0 %
Le Poët-Célard	26	321 km E	148	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 24 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Saint-Germain-de-Belvès'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Videix	87	112 km N	206	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Jayac	24	34 km NE	191	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Vergt-de-Biron	24	25 km SW	191	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Anthien	58	348 km NE	173	4.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Villiers	36	232 km N	177	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cernin-de-l'Herm	24	18 km S	193	14.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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