Varennes

Dordogne · CC des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord · INSEE 24566

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

Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varennes (INSEE 24566) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord. Population 458 (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 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 17,923 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.71	10	7.15
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 383 peak 1975: 483 2023: 458 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 447 (2012) → 458 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 377 (1990) → 458 (2023): 21.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 257, of which 9.3 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.2 km NWPharmacy — 2.2 km EFood shop — 2.3 km EGP — 3.9 km E 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-Capraise-de-Lalinde): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lalinde): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lalinde): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Couze-et-Saint-Front): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Varennes): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.8

Muggy days a summer 5.3

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BERGERAC weather station, 12 km away at 49 m; the village itself is at 58 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BERGERAC, 12 km away at 49 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LALINDE, 5 km away at 40 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24566/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24566/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24566/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24566/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24382
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24223
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24566
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
Bessay	85	237 km NW	456	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 72 %
Beauval-en-Caux	76	547 km N	464	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Grand-Camp	27	469 km N	452	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Camburat	46	107 km E	455	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Héauville	50	560 km N	456	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Georges-de-Baroille	42	293 km NE	460	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Camburat	46	107 km E	455	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Bessay	85	237 km NW	456	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Georges-de-Baroille	42	293 km NE	460	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Grand-Camp	27	469 km N	452	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Beauval-en-Caux	76	547 km N	464	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Héauville	50	560 km N	456	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Varennes'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
Lestelle-de-Saint-Martory	31	191 km S	430	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Triac-Lautrait	16	115 km NW	462	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cellettes	16	122 km N	393	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Xaintrailles	47	77 km SW	378	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Planioles	46	109 km E	554	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Aujac	17	140 km NW	372	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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