Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon

Dordogne · CC de Montaigne Montravel et Gurson · INSEE 24461

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 51.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon (INSEE 24461) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC de Montaigne Montravel et Gurson. Population 809 (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 51.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 15,595 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.58	10	5.77
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DORET). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (JULISE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAVID VIAU, MÉDECIN · JEAN MARC DE LA IGLESIA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GRELAUD). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MEARD DE GURCON AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER COIFFURE DE TATIANA). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DORET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	JULISE	INSEE BPE 2 / 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 PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	DAVID VIAU, MÉDECIN · JEAN MARC DE LA IGLESIA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GRELAUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT MEARD DE GURCON 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	1	L'ATELIER COIFFURE DE TATIANA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 846 2023: 809 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 773 (2012) → 809 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 751 (1990) → 809 (2023): 7.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 501, of which 14 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Méard-de-Gurçon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.9

Days at or below 0 °C 48.7

Muggy days a summer 8.8

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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PORT STE FOY weather station, 6.6 km away at 28 m; the village itself is at 75 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MONTPON, 14.4 km away at 79 m, over 10 summers. ^[9]

An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PORT STE FOY, 6.6 km away at 28 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24461/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24461/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24461/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24461/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24461
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
Augerolles	63	284 km E	862	50	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Barcus	64	206 km S	654	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Vézins-de-Lévézou	12	230 km E	656	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %
Courdemanche	72	324 km N	623	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 74 %
Brillac	16	136 km N	591	46	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Castelnau-de-Montmiral	81	167 km SE	1,062	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brillac	16	136 km N	591	46	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Castelnau-de-Montmiral	81	167 km SE	1,062	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Barcus	64	206 km S	654	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Vézins-de-Lévézou	12	230 km E	656	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %
Augerolles	63	284 km E	862	50	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Courdemanche	72	324 km N	623	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 74 %

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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-Gurçon'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
Vianne	47	80 km S	979	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Seyches	47	41 km S	1,063	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Préchac	33	71 km SW	1,061	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fleix	24	6.1 km SE	1,488	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Barguelonne-en-Quercy	46	103 km SE	704	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Duravel	46	83 km SE	950	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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