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Saint-Michel-de-Double

Dordogne · CC Isle et Crempse en Périgord · INSEE 24465

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

Few services 25.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Michel-de-Double (INSEE 24465) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Isle et Crempse en Périgord. Population 232 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/24465-saint-michel-de-double

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,846 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.31103.14
Housing mix0.7153.56

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

2 × Restaurant (JAYAT STEVENS · LA P'TITE TABLE D'ALIX). [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (GOUNAUD CLAUDIE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2JAYAT STEVENS · LA P'TITE TABLE D'ALIXINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1GOUNAUD CLAUDIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 338 2023: 232 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 259 (2012) → 232 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 285 (1990) → 232 (2023): -18.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 14.4 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.6 km SW (Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes)Food shop — 6.3 km SE (Saint-Front-de-Pradoux)GP — 7.8 km SE (Mussidan)Pharmacy — 7.8 km SE (Mussidan)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.6 km SWFood shop — 6.3 km SEGP — 7.8 km SEPharmacy — 7.8 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 (Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Front-de-Pradoux): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Mussidan): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Mussidan): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Michel-de-Double): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the MUSSIDAN weather station, 7.6 km away at 59 m; the village itself is at 109 m. [12]

The village sits 50 m above 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 9 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at MONTPON, 10 km away at 79 m, over 10 summers. [12]

An average of 860 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MUSSIDAN, 7.6 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24465/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24465/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24465/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24465/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24436
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24409
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24299
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24465
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cachen40126 km SW23326.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André31206 km S23927.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Vindecy71322 km NE24423.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Mesnil-Mauger76519 km N24327.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 43 %
Le Sen40123 km SW21528.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac32155 km S23027Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Sen40123 km SW21528.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 97 %
Cachen40126 km SW23326.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac32155 km S23027Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-André31206 km S23927.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Vindecy71322 km NE24423.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Mesnil-Mauger76519 km N24327.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 43 %

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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-Michel-de-Double'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Larroque31211 km S29321.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Palais-de-Phiolin1785 km NW21416.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Latoue31216 km S31029.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
La Perche18248 km NE20521Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Fraisse2417 km S17122.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vernais18265 km NE17914.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %