Calès

Identity

Calès (INSEE 46047) is in Lot (46), part of CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Population 169 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/46047-cales

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 14,935 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ETAPE DE LA VALLEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU PETIT RELAIS). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 168 (2012) → 169 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 141 (1990) → 169 (2023): 19.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 45.6 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Rocamadour): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Payrac): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Payrac): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Payrac): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pinsac): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SOUILLAC-PRESSIGNAC weather station, 12.2 km away at 101 m; the village itself is at 268 m. ^[11]

The village sits 167 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GOURDON, 13.4 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 891 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PAYRAC - BOURG, 5.6 km away at 279 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

19 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 144,670 € — 1,200 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Lot is 1,246 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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 — 46047/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46047/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46047/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46047/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46240
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46215
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46220
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025