Varaignes

Dordogne · CC du Périgord Nontronnais · INSEE 24565

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

Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varaignes (INSEE 24565) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC du Périgord Nontronnais. Population 358 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 18,016 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.33	10	3.29
Housing mix	0.47	5	2.34

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (M.A BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA GUINGUETTE · S.A.S. LES PREMIERES LOGES · AUBERGE DE VARAIGNES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VARAIGNES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE-AGENCE POSTALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	M.A BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	3	LA GUINGUETTE · S.A.S. LES PREMIERES LOGES · AUBERGE DE VARAIGNES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	1	VARAIGNES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE-AGENCE POSTALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE 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: 457 2023: 358 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 422 (2012) → 358 (2023): -15.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 432 (1990) → 358 (2023): -17.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 316, of which 26.6 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km SEGP — 4.3 km SEPharmacy — 6.9 km W 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 (Varaignes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Marthon): 6.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Varaignes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 45

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NONTRON-HOPITAL weather station, 13.2 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 142 m. ^[11]

The village sits 60 m below 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]

An average of 1,039 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NONTRON MAN, 12.5 km away at 262 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 — 24565/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24565/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24565/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24565/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24565
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16211
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
Frayssinet-le-Gélat	46	123 km SE	376	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 58 %
Goulles	19	136 km SE	323	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 76 %
Nadaillac	24	92 km SE	372	39.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Ids-Saint-Roch	18	181 km NE	295	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 91 %
Touffailles	82	153 km S	330	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 70 %
Buffières	71	323 km E	273	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 51 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nadaillac	24	92 km SE	372	39.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Frayssinet-le-Gélat	46	123 km SE	376	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 58 %
Goulles	19	136 km SE	323	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 76 %
Touffailles	82	153 km S	330	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 70 %
Ids-Saint-Roch	18	181 km NE	295	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 91 %
Buffières	71	323 km E	273	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 51 %

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