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Saint-Seurin-de-Prats

Dordogne · CC de Montaigne Montravel et Gurson · INSEE 24501

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

No daily shops 16.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Seurin-de-Prats (INSEE 24501) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC de Montaigne Montravel et Gurson. Population 461 (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/24501-saint-seurin-de-prats

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 17,925 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.44104.39
Housing mix0.6453.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 461 peak 2007: 505 2023: 461 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 476 (2012) → 461 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 491 (1990) → 461 (2023): -6.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 303, of which 18.2 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.3 km S (Gensac)Food shop — 2.5 km S (Gensac)GP — 2.7 km S (Gensac)Pharmacy — 3.3 km NE (Vélines)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.3 km SFood shop — 2.5 km SGP — 2.7 km SPharmacy — 3.3 km NE 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 (Gensac): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gensac): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Gensac): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Vélines): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint-Seurin-de-Prats): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LAMOTHE MONTRAV weather station, 2.8 km away at 9 m; the village itself is at 12 m. [11]

An average of 774 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LAMOTHE MONTRAV, 2.8 km away at 9 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24501/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24501/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24501/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24501/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33186
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24568
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24501
  11. 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
Castelnau-Valence30344 km E46923Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Loup-des-Bois58368 km NE45917.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot14499 km N44623Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 13 % · winter 78 %
Beyssac19121 km NE48112.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 92 %
Villebéon77435 km NE45220.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 97 %
Chéronvilliers27443 km N45519.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 76 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beyssac19121 km NE48112.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 92 %
Castelnau-Valence30344 km E46923Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Loup-des-Bois58368 km NE45917.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 91 %
Villebéon77435 km NE45220.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 97 %
Chéronvilliers27443 km N45519.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot14499 km N44623Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 13 % · winter 78 %

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