Alvignac

Lot · CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne · INSEE 46003

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

Served 65.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Alvignac (INSEE 46003) is in Lot (46), part of CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Population 699 (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/46003-alvignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 16,401 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.98	10	9.78
Housing mix	0.31	5	1.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL BOULANGERIE GALIBERT). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BOUCHERIE FAURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TRAITEUR TRES LOT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE VOYAGE D'ERNESTINE · ADDICTION 46 · L'AFFINE BOUCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERNARD BENCHETRIT, MÉDECIN · EUGENIO MARTIN MIRANDA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ALVIGNAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ALVIGNAC). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (EF FET.F). ^[3,4]

4 × Hotel (HOTEL DU CHATEAU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL BOULANGERIE GALIBERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL BOUCHERIE FAURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	TRAITEUR TRES LOT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE VOYAGE D'ERNESTINE · ADDICTION 46 · L'AFFINE BOUCHE	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)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	BERNARD BENCHETRIT, MÉDECIN · EUGENIO MARTIN MIRANDA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE ALVIGNAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ALVIGNAC	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	1	EF FET.F	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	4	HOTEL DU CHATEAU	INSEE SIRENE 4 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 540 peak 2012: 727 2023: 699 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 727 (2012) → 699 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 473 (1990) → 699 (2023): 47.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 601, of which 34.6 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Alvignac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Alvignac): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Alvignac): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Alvignac): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.9

Days at or below 0 °C 38.6

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LUNEGARDE weather station, 16.5 km away at 383 m; the village itself is at 352 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LUNEGARDE, 16.5 km away at 383 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 980 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at GRAMAT - PARC, 7.9 km away at 312 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46003/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46003/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46003/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46003/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46003
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
Payrac	46	18 km W	669	66	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Estang	32	178 km SW	668	57.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Villefranche-de-Panat	12	115 km SE	677	69.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse	11	210 km SE	753	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 %
Varengeville-sur-Mer	76	567 km N	969	59.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Bourdeaux	26	273 km E	670	74.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Payrac	46	18 km W	669	66	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Villefranche-de-Panat	12	115 km SE	677	69.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Estang	32	178 km SW	668	57.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse	11	210 km SE	753	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 %
Bourdeaux	26	273 km E	670	74.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Varengeville-sur-Mer	76	567 km N	969	59.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Alvignac'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
Montpezat-sous-Bauzon	07	199 km E	770	68.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Villefranche-du-Périgord	24	53 km SW	674	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Blesle	43	128 km NE	611	61.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Saulge	58	290 km NE	650	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Damvix	85	251 km NW	733	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Assier	46	23 km SE	709	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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