Thonac

Dordogne · CC de la Vallée de l'Homme · INSEE 24552

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thonac (INSEE 24552) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC de la Vallée de l'Homme. Population 275 (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/24552-thonac

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 17,626 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.57	10	5.7
Housing mix	0.5	5	2.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 2 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MARCHE MINUTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GOUQUET). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (HOTEL DU PARC · HOTEL REST ARCHAMBEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA CASTILLONDERIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1	MARCHE MINUTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
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	1	GOUQUET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	2	HOTEL DU PARC · HOTEL REST ARCHAMBEAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA CASTILLONDERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 197 2023: 275 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 262 (2012) → 275 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 257 (1990) → 275 (2023): 7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 200, of which 25 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km SWPharmacy — 3.4 km NEBakery — 3.8 km NEGP — 6.0 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 (Montignac-Lascaux): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montignac-Lascaux): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montignac-Lascaux): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Thonac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 44

Days at or below 0 °C 65.4

Muggy days a summer 8.4

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES EYZIES DE TAYAC weather station, 10.6 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 72 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at THENON, 11.8 km away at 265 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 193 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 881 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTIGNAC, 4.1 km away at 77 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 — 24552/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24552/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24552/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24552/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24291
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24443
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24552
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
Ranchal	69	284 km NE	304	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 55 %
Boô-Silhen	65	242 km SW	312	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 55 %
Lacabarède	81	208 km SE	288	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy	69	283 km NE	307	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 %
Valette	15	120 km E	236	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %
Alos-Sibas-Abense	64	265 km SW	291	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Valette	15	120 km E	236	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %
Lacabarède	81	208 km SE	288	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Boô-Silhen	65	242 km SW	312	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 55 %
Alos-Sibas-Abense	64	265 km SW	291	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy	69	283 km NE	307	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 %
Ranchal	69	284 km NE	304	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 55 %

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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 Thonac'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
Trensacq	40	173 km SW	284	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Maillères	40	166 km SW	230	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Campagne	24	18 km SW	416	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Foy	40	167 km SW	251	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Mauzens-et-Miremont	24	16 km W	288	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Paunat	24	24 km SW	320	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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