Sainte-Nathalène

Identity

Sainte-Nathalène (INSEE 24471) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Sarlat-Périgord Noir. Population 648 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/24471-sainte-nathalene

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 82 % of the 16,747 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MIRAY · BAR RESTAURANT LA PALOMBIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINTE NATHALENE RÉSEAU DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES SARLAT-PÉRIGORD NOIR). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

4 × Campsite (CAMPING CAPFUN LA PALOMBIERE · CAMPING ROMANÉE DES GROTTES DE ROFFY · DOMAINE DES MATHEVIES · CAMPING PARADIS DE MAILLAC). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 581 (2012) → 648 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 364 (1990) → 648 (2023): 78 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 384, of which 17.7 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Proissans): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Carlux): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sarlat-la-Canéda): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sainte-Nathalène): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

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. ^[13]

Measured at the PRATS DE CARLUX weather station, 2.9 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 116 m. ^[13]

The village sits 64 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at SARLAT, 5 km away at 203 m, over 13 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 87 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 893 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at PRATS DE CARLUX, 2.9 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24471/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24471/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24471/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24471/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24341
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24512
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24081
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24520
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24471
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024