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Veyrignac

Dordogne · CC du Pays de Fénelon · INSEE 24574

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Veyrignac (INSEE 24574) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC du Pays de Fénelon. Population 326 (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/24574-veyrignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 17,971 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.3551.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Campsite (LES PIERRES CHAUDES). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1LES PIERRES CHAUDESINSEE 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: 221 peak 2017: 335 2023: 326 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 330 (2012) → 326 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 213 (1990) → 326 (2023): 53.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 233, of which 32.6 % second homes and 0.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.0 km S (Groléjac)Bakery — 1.7 km SW (Groléjac)GP — 1.7 km SW (Groléjac)Primary school — 1.9 km SW (Groléjac)Pharmacy — 2.8 km NW (Carsac-Aillac)
Food shop — 1.0 km SBakery — 1.7 km SWGP — 1.7 km SWPrimary school — 1.9 km SWPharmacy — 2.8 km NW 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 (Groléjac): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Groléjac): 1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Groléjac): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Carsac-Aillac): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Groléjac): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the PRATS DE CARLUX weather station, 7.5 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 120 m. [10]

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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at SARLAT, 10 km away at 203 m, over 13 summers. [10]

That station sits 83 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 893 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PRATS DE CARLUX, 7.5 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

26 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 217,500 € — 1,432 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Dordogne is 1,186 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24574/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24574/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24574/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24574/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24207
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24082
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Faulq14495 km N31914.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vieux-Viel35464 km NW3298.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Belleydoux01382 km NE30612No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Surba09220 km S3407.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Le Saulcy88591 km NE2935.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Juzet-de-Luchon31232 km S3669.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Surba09220 km S3407.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Juzet-de-Luchon31232 km S3669.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Belleydoux01382 km NE30612No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Vieux-Viel35464 km NW3298.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Faulq14495 km N31914.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Saulcy88591 km NE2935.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Veyrignac'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Pierre-de-Juillers17181 km NW34915.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Mauvières36195 km N30616.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel247.1 km N29320.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenille16150 km NW35310.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger73396 km E25715.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Andert-et-Condon01356 km E34814.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %