Cassagnes

Identity

Cassagnes (INSEE 46061) is in Lot (46), part of CC de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble. Population 172 (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/46061-cassagnes

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % of the 15,091 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

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

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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 202 (2012) → 172 (2023): -14.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 212 (1990) → 172 (2023): -18.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 141, of which 27.7 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Frayssinet-le-Gélat): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Puy-l'Évêque): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Prayssac): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Puy-l'Évêque): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Frayssinet-le-Gélat): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ANGLARS weather station, 9.2 km away at 104 m; the village itself is at 209 m. ^[11]

The village sits 105 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 9 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ANGLARS, 9.2 km away at 104 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 105 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PUY-L'EVEQUE, 6.7 km away at 112 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 192,000 € — 1,591 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Lot is 1,246 € per m², so this commune sits above 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 — 46061/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46061/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46061/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46061/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46114
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46231
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46225
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025