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Cénevières

Lot · CC du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne · INSEE 46068

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

No daily shops 18.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cénevières (INSEE 46068) is in Lot (46), part of CC du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne. Population 185 (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/46068-cenevieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 15,524 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.63106.28
Housing mix0.1650.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT MARCHE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CENEVIERES AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CÉNEVIÈRES). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING CHILL-LOT). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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)1LE PETIT MARCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale1CENEVIERES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CÉNEVIÈRESINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Campsite1CAMPING CHILL-LOTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 244 2023: 185 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 165 (2012) → 185 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 164 (1990) → 185 (2023): 12.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 41.8 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.3 km W (Tour-de-Faure)Bakery — 4.5 km W (Tour-de-Faure)GP — 6.4 km E (Cajarc)Pharmacy — 8.0 km E (Cajarc)
In the commune Food shop Primary school — 4.3 km WBakery — 4.5 km WGP — 6.4 km EPharmacy — 8.0 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 (Tour-de-Faure): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cénevières): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Cajarc): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Cajarc): 8 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Tour-de-Faure): 4.3 km to the 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 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ST GERY weather station, 13.3 km away at 137 m; the village itself is at 146 m. [11]

An average of 877 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LIMOGNE, 7.5 km away at 303 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46068/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46068/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46068/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46068/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46320
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46068
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46045
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sauclières12140 km E18822.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 59 %
Champagnac-le-Vieux43170 km NE19120.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 18 %
Segonzac1998 km N1928No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Barthélemy-le-Meil07223 km E2019.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 84 %
Olmet63205 km NE19214No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 72 %
Montferrand-du-Périgord2477 km NW15622.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 84 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montferrand-du-Périgord2477 km NW15622.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 84 %
Segonzac1998 km N1928No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 43 %
Sauclières12140 km E18822.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 59 %
Champagnac-le-Vieux43170 km NE19120.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 18 %
Olmet63205 km NE19214No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Barthélemy-le-Meil07223 km E2019.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 84 %

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