Sourzac

Dordogne · CC Isle Vern Salembre en Périgord · INSEE 24543

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

Few services 25.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sourzac (INSEE 24543) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Isle Vern Salembre en Périgord. Population 1,135 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 25.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 13,582 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.62	10	6.23
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES FRERES DEUB'S · LE RELAIS DE GABILLOU · L'ASSIETTE TROGLODYTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[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, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LES FRERES DEUB'S · LE RELAIS DE GABILLOU · L'ASSIETTE TROGLODYTE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,015 2023: 1,135 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,106 (2012) → 1,135 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,011 (1990) → 1,135 (2023): 12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 657, of which 9.9 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.0 km NFood shop — 2.3 km SWBakery — 2.4 km WGP — 2.6 km SWPharmacy — 2.6 km SW 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 (Saint-Front-de-Pradoux): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mussidan): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mussidan): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mussidan): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Louis-en-l'Isle): 1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.6

Days at or below 0 °C 58.3

Muggy days a summer 8.8

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 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MUSSIDAN weather station, 5.7 km away at 59 m; the village itself is at 51 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTPON, 16.9 km away at 79 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 860 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MUSSIDAN, 5.7 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24543/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24543/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24543/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24543/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24409
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24299
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24444
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marcilly-la-Campagne	27	425 km N	1,118	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 89 %
Fessy	74	487 km E	1,076	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Montrodat	48	238 km E	1,174	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Cernex	74	455 km E	1,184	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Chassors	16	87 km NW	1,123	20.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie	85	254 km NW	1,234	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chassors	16	87 km NW	1,123	20.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Montrodat	48	238 km E	1,174	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie	85	254 km NW	1,234	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Marcilly-la-Campagne	27	425 km N	1,118	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 89 %
Cernex	74	455 km E	1,184	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Fessy	74	487 km E	1,076	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Sourzac'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Léogeats	33	85 km SW	902	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Aurensan	65	196 km S	764	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur	24	26 km SE	849	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Budos	33	84 km SW	823	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Alix	69	346 km E	777	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Douzillac	24	4.3 km NE	845	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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