Escamps

Identity

Escamps (INSEE 46091) is in Lot (46), part of CC du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne. Population 206 (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/46091-escamps

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 16,113 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. ^[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 189 (2012) → 206 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 121 (1990) → 206 (2023): 70.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 175, of which 35.4 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Concots): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varaire): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lalbenque): 7.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint Géry-Vers): 13.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Concots): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST GERY weather station, 13.2 km away at 137 m; the village itself is at 278 m. ^[12]

The village sits 141 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE MONTAT, 15.9 km away at 260 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 877 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LIMOGNE, 11.7 km away at 303 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46091/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46091/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46091/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46091/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46073
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46328
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46148
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46268
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024