Gindou
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gindou (INSEE 46120) is in Lot (46), part of CC Cazals-Salviac. Population 356 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 46 % of the 18,059 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 | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.23 |
| Housing mix | 0.38 | 5 | 1.88 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LUDI PIZZA · VUE SUR ....GINDOU). [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]
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 | 2 | LUDI PIZZA · VUE SUR ....GINDOU | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 309 (2012) → 356 (2023): 15.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 269 (1990) → 356 (2023): 32.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 31.2 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cazals): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cazals): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Cazals): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Salviac): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Cazals): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CAZALS - DDE weather station, 1.9 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 283 m. [10]
The village sits 99 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ANGLARS, 15.7 km away at 104 m, over 15 summers. [10]
That station sits 179 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 902 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CAZALS - DDE, 1.9 km away at 184 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46120/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46120/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46120/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46120/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46066
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46297
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beurières | 63 | 218 km NE | 322 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 50 % |
| Baraize | 36 | 208 km N | 352 | 19 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 % |
| Moureuille | 63 | 214 km NE | 371 | 20.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 % |
| Plaisance | 24 | 55 km W | 412 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul | 50 | 465 km N | 345 | 15.7 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Marminiac | 46 | 5.9 km NW | 349 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marminiac | 46 | 5.9 km NW | 349 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Plaisance | 24 | 55 km W | 412 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Baraize | 36 | 208 km N | 352 | 19 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 % |
| Moureuille | 63 | 214 km NE | 371 | 20.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 % |
| Beurières | 63 | 218 km NE | 322 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul | 50 | 465 km N | 345 | 15.7 | No daily shops | no figures |
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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 Gindou'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière | 19 | 75 km N | 389 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montcléra | 46 | 3.4 km SW | 292 | 23.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rosiers-de-Juillac | 19 | 74 km N | 177 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Cyr-la-Roche | 19 | 72 km N | 450 | 30.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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