Gagnac-sur-Cère
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 21.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gagnac-sur-Cère (INSEE 46117) is in Lot (46), part of CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Population 650 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 21.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 22 % of the 16,766 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.56 | 10 | 5.64 |
| Housing mix | 0.52 | 5 | 2.62 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE LAVAUR). [3,4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-PIERRE PILET, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (GAGNAC SUR CERE AP). [3]
2 × Hotel (HOSTELLERIE BELLE RIVE · AUBERGE DU VIEUX PORT). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DE LAVAUR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | JEAN-PIERRE PILET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | GAGNAC SUR CERE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HOSTELLERIE BELLE RIVE · AUBERGE DU VIEUX PORT | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A seasonal market is recorded here: the source last advertised it for a period that has now ended, and gives no weekday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 702 (2012) → 650 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 611 (1990) → 650 (2023): 6.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 475, of which 23.8 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Gagnac-sur-Cère): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Biars-sur-Cère): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Gagnac-sur-Cère): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Biars-sur-Cère): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Biars-sur-Cère): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the COMIAC weather station, 10.1 km away at 562 m; the village itself is at 147 m. [11]
The village sits 415 m below 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 6 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at COMIAC, 10.1 km away at 562 m, over 20 summers. [11]
That station sits 415 m above 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 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BRETENOUX, 4.3 km away at 136 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46117/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/22/54859844-1600-333d-84c9-f65593721423— “Marché de producteurs”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46117/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46117/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46117/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46117
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46029
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varaize | 17 | 210 km NW | 533 | 20.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Valaurie | 26 | 239 km E | 732 | 38.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Crestet | 07 | 218 km E | 518 | 19 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 % |
| Montigny-Lengrain | 02 | 501 km N | 674 | 22.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 49 % |
| Persac | 86 | 181 km NW | 717 | 30.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marcilly-sur-Seine | 51 | 426 km N | 622 | 15.1 | No daily shops | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persac | 86 | 181 km NW | 717 | 30.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 % |
| Varaize | 17 | 210 km NW | 533 | 20.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Crestet | 07 | 218 km E | 518 | 19 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 % |
| Valaurie | 26 | 239 km E | 732 | 38.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Marcilly-sur-Seine | 51 | 426 km N | 622 | 15.1 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Montigny-Lengrain | 02 | 501 km N | 674 | 22.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 49 % |
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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 Gagnac-sur-Cère'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montaut | 09 | 196 km S | 707 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Javrezac | 16 | 195 km NW | 583 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cornac | 46 | 3.5 km S | 366 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Labécède-Lauragais | 11 | 173 km S | 420 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mauvezin-sur-Gupie | 47 | 142 km W | 613 | 22.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Verteillac | 24 | 127 km W | 547 | 55 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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