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Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac

Dordogne · CA Bergeracoise · INSEE 24534

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 48.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac (INSEE 24534) is in Dordogne (24), part of CA Bergeracoise. Population 1,280 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Flaugeac (24181). [3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/24534-sigoules-et-flaugeac

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 12,826 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8854.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL CARRARO). [4,5]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [4,5]

2 × Restaurant (SARL CHEPAOU · DRINE POULETS). [4,5]

1 × Café / bar. [5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES GRAPPILLONS). [4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME). [4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN CHAKARIAN, MÉDECIN). [4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SIGOULES). [4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SIGOULÈS-ET-FLAUGEAC). [4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE COLLEGE AGRICOLE DU CLUZEAU). [4]

1 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). [4]

4 × Hairdresser (ANAIS COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE MEGANE 24 · VINCIANE COIFFURE). [4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1SARL CARRAROINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR CONTACTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant2SARL CHEPAOU · DRINE POULETSINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES GRAPPILLONSINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège1COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAMEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)1ALAIN CHAKARIAN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE SIGOULESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SIGOULÈS-ET-FLAUGEACINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall1LYCEE COLLEGE AGRICOLE DU CLUZEAUINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank1CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUELINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Hairdresser4ANAIS COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE MEGANE 24 · VINCIANE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday. [6]

Trajectory

1968: 854 2023: 1,280 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,232 (2012) → 1,280 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 799 (1990) → 1,280 (2023): 60.2 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 684, of which 6 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

GP (Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac): 0.2 km to the south (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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ST LAURENT VIGN weather station, 9.3 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 103 m. [11]

The village sits 78 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at BERGERAC, 11.6 km away at 49 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 54 m below 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 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST LAURENT VIGN, 9.3 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [6]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24534/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/8d64f2d7-a9f5-3be8-a33a-fbe450ed8599— “Marché traditionnel du samedi.”(unverified)
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24534/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24534/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24534/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24534
  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
Vernoil-le-Fourrier49294 km N1,36645.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
Neung-sur-Beuvron41327 km N1,25945.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Gy70510 km NE1,04956.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Arc-et-Senans25487 km NE1,62053.4Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Fougerolles-du-Plessis53427 km N1,21542.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Cérilly03279 km NE1,31647Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cérilly03279 km NE1,31647Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Vernoil-le-Fourrier49294 km N1,36645.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
Neung-sur-Beuvron41327 km N1,25945.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Fougerolles-du-Plessis53427 km N1,21542.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Arc-et-Senans25487 km NE1,62053.4Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Gy70510 km NE1,04956.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beynat19111 km E1,31854Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sellières39461 km NE73761.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christophe-Vallon12162 km E1,18648.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Varetz1995 km NE2,40951.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sagy71432 km NE1,24944.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chantenay-Saint-Imbert58308 km NE1,07334.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %