Sainte-Mondane

Identity

Sainte-Mondane (INSEE 24470) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC du Pays de Fénelon. Population 305 (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/24470-sainte-mondane

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,905 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.

Services

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DES CHARMES). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 270 (2012) → 305 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 212 (1990) → 305 (2023): 43.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 212, of which 30.2 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Julien-de-Lampon): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Calviac-en-Périgord): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Julien-de-Lampon): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-de-Lampon): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Mondane): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PRATS DE CARLUX weather station, 5.9 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 104 m. ^[11]

The village sits 76 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at SALIGNAC-EYVIGUES, 10.5 km away at 276 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 172 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 885 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CARLUX, 5.4 km away at 207 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

19 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 189,000 € — 1,592 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Dordogne is 1,186 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24470/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24470/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24470/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24470/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24432
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24074
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24470
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025