Sainte-Orse

Identity

Sainte-Orse (INSEE 24473) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir. Population 346 (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/24473-sainte-orse

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 18,035 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]

1 × Restaurant (HOTEL DE FRANCE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (STE ORSE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE FRANCE). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 388 (2012) → 346 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 372 (1990) → 346 (2023): -7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 321, of which 32.7 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Brouchaud): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thenon): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nailhac): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Hautefort): 8.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sainte-Orse): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the THENON weather station, 10.5 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 209 m. ^[13]

The village sits 56 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 5 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at THENON, 10.5 km away at 265 m, over 19 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 56 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 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at THENON-MAN, 7 km away at 270 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24473/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24473/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24473/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24473/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24066
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24550
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24302
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24210
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24473
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024