Gignac

Lot · CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne · INSEE 46118

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

Few services 38.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gignac (INSEE 46118) is in Lot (46), part of CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Population 691 (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/46118-gignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 16,438 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.84	10	8.37
Housing mix	0.42	5	2.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE REPERE GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O BILLY BAR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GIGNAC). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA TRUFFIERE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LE REPERE GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	O BILLY BAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	GIGNAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GIGNAC	INSEE BPE 1 [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]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LA TRUFFIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 566 2023: 691 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 645 (2012) → 691 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 517 (1990) → 691 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 512, of which 29.1 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.9 km WGP — 5.0 km EFood shop — 5.4 km EPharmacy — 5.4 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 (Nadaillac): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cressensac-Sarrazac): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cressensac-Sarrazac): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cressensac-Sarrazac): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gignac): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32

Days at or below 0 °C 54.7

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CRESSENSAC weather station, 5.3 km away at 294 m; the village itself is at 289 m. ^[11]

An average of 963 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CRESSENSAC, 5.3 km away at 294 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 — 46118/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46118/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46118/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46118/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46083
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46118
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Feuillée	29	553 km NW	677	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 64 %
Séglien	56	493 km NW	673	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 88 %
Scrignac	29	546 km NW	816	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 57 %
Paule	22	519 km NW	671	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 49 %
Champniers-et-Reilhac	24	93 km NW	541	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Vanxains	24	95 km W	689	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champniers-et-Reilhac	24	93 km NW	541	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Vanxains	24	95 km W	689	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 73 %
Séglien	56	493 km NW	673	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 88 %
Paule	22	519 km NW	671	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 49 %
Scrignac	29	546 km NW	816	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 57 %
La Feuillée	29	553 km NW	677	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 64 %

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