Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord

Identity

Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord (INSEE 24540) is in Dordogne (24), part of CA Le Grand Périgueux. Population 1,650 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Ligueux (24239). ^[3]

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/24540-sorges-et-ligueux-en-perigord

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 10,925 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ATGER). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L' ESCAP-HOP). ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (LE COMPTOIR DES HALLES). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MICHEL DE JUGLART). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE PETRY, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SORGES AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ANTOINETTE AGENCE POSTALE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LA LOGE DE LALY). ^[4,5]

2 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA TRUFFE). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[5,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,613 (2012) → 1,650 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,297 (1990) → 1,650 (2023): 27.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 975, of which 19.5 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Savignac-les-Églises): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BASSILLAC weather station, 13.2 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[11]

The village sits 85 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 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST MARTIN DE FRESSENGEAS, 18.8 km away at 277 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 97 m above 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 885 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BASSILLAC, 13.2 km away at 95 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 — 24540/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24540/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24540/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24540/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24540
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24527
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024