Saint-Germain-du-Salembre

Dordogne · CC Isle Vern Salembre en Périgord · INSEE 24418

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

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-du-Salembre (INSEE 24418) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Isle Vern Salembre en Périgord. Population 901 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 14,952 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.45
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES PETITS PLATS DE LA VALLEE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GERMAIN DU SALEMBRE LPA AP). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	LES PETITS PLATS DE LA VALLEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LADEVI-ROCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SAINT GERMAIN DU SALEMBRE LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 790 peak 2017: 941 2023: 901 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 925 (2012) → 901 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 787 (1990) → 901 (2023): 14.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 541, of which 10.7 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.0 km NPharmacy — 4.5 km SGP — 4.7 km SEFood shop — 5.1 km SE 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 (Chantérac): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuvic): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Neuvic): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Neuvic): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-du-Salembre): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.2

Days at or below 0 °C 35

Muggy days a summer 6

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST MARTIN RIB. weather station, 12.2 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 102 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COULOUNIEIX, 18.1 km away at 217 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 115 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 887 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST ASTIER, 5.4 km away at 77 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 — 24418/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24418/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24418/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24418/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24104
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24309
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24418
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
Confort-Meilars	29	493 km NW	861	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Lubin-de-la-Haye	28	418 km N	937	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Mendionde	64	244 km SW	854	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Montaigut-le-Blanc	63	213 km E	927	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Cuzorn	47	77 km SE	845	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Pierreclos	71	355 km NE	846	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cuzorn	47	77 km SE	845	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Montaigut-le-Blanc	63	213 km E	927	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Mendionde	64	244 km SW	854	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Pierreclos	71	355 km NE	846	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Lubin-de-la-Haye	28	418 km N	937	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Confort-Meilars	29	493 km NW	861	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %

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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-du-Salembre'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
Bonnac	09	238 km SE	801	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Marnay	86	140 km N	713	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lugos	33	128 km SW	1,208	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Espiet	33	67 km SW	741	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives	33	78 km W	971	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Nieul-le-Virouil	17	82 km W	573	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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