Saint-Priest-les-Fougères

Identity

Saint-Priest-les-Fougères (INSEE 24489) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Périgord-Limousin. Population 380 (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/24489-saint-priest-les-fougeres

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 18,061 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CREATIFS ENSEMBLE). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (A UN CH'VEU DE VOUS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 383 (2012) → 380 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 443 (1990) → 380 (2023): -14.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 23.9 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Priest-les-Fougères): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Coquille): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Coquille): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Coquille): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Coquille): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA COQUILLE weather station, 2.4 km away at 324 m; the village itself is at 375 m. ^[10]

The village sits 51 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST MARTIN DE FRESSENGEAS, 14.8 km away at 277 m, over 19 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 98 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,162 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA COQUILLE, 2.4 km away at 324 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

46 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 123,675 € — 1,111 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Dordogne is 1,186 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

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 — 24489/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24489/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24489/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24489/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24489
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24133
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025