Saint-Méard-de-Drône
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Méard-de-Drône (INSEE 24460) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC du Périgord Ribéracois. Population 485 (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 12.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 8 % of the 17,863 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.58 | 10 | 5.75 |
| Housing mix | 0.71 | 5 | 3.57 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LE BOURG). [4]
5 × Hairdresser (L ATELIER DE MARINE · LES CISEAUX DE CATH). [4,3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE LE BOURG | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 5 | L ATELIER DE MARINE · LES CISEAUX DE CATH | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 485 (2012) → 485 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 451 (1990) → 485 (2023): 7.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 300, of which 14.3 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montagrier): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Tocane-Saint-Apre): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Montagrier): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Ribérac): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Douchapt): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ST MARTIN RIB. weather station, 4 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 72 m. [12]
The village sits 70 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 8 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ST MARTIAL VIVEYROLS, 14.5 km away at 166 m, over 28 summers. [12]
That station sits 94 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 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ST MARTIN RIB., 4 km away at 142 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24460/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24460/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24460/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24460/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24286
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24553
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24352
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24154
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avaux | 08 | 543 km NE | 520 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 % |
| Busloup | 41 | 299 km N | 494 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 % |
| Villemoutiers | 45 | 346 km NE | 471 | 11 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 % |
| Faÿ-lès-Nemours | 77 | 374 km NE | 524 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 % |
| Lohr | 67 | 654 km NE | 444 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Forget | 78 | 403 km N | 436 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busloup | 41 | 299 km N | 494 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 % |
| Villemoutiers | 45 | 346 km NE | 471 | 11 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 % |
| Faÿ-lès-Nemours | 77 | 374 km NE | 524 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Forget | 78 | 403 km N | 436 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 % |
| Avaux | 08 | 543 km NE | 520 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 % |
| Lohr | 67 | 654 km NE | 444 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 % |
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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-Méard-de-Drône'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitinières | 17 | 76 km W | 479 | 24.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rebigue | 31 | 213 km SE | 505 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Romagne | 33 | 72 km SW | 483 | 26.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thaims | 17 | 103 km NW | 396 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rouffiac | 17 | 86 km NW | 519 | 28.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Floirac | 17 | 95 km W | 420 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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