Grézels

Lot · CC de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble · INSEE 46130

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

Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grézels (INSEE 46130) is in Lot (46), part of CC de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble. Population 235 (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/46130-grezels

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 16,924 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.67
Housing mix	0.22	5	1.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ESTOURNEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL LA GUINGUETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	L'ESTOURNEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	SARL LA GUINGUETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GRÉZELS	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 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 275 2023: 235 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 258 (2012) → 235 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 243 (1990) → 235 (2023): -3.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 39.1 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.1 km SBakery — 3.1 km NPrimary school — 3.1 km NGP — 3.4 km NPharmacy — 3.4 km N 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 (Puy-l'Évêque): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grézels): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Puy-l'Évêque): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Puy-l'Évêque): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Puy-l'Évêque): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 41.9

Days at or below 0 °C 45.1

Muggy days a summer 10.7▸

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ANGLARS weather station, 4.8 km away at 104 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ANGLARS, 4.8 km away at 104 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PUY-L'EVEQUE, 2.6 km away at 112 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 — 46130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46231
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46130
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
Boucieu-le-Roi	07	286 km E	243	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Landévennec	29	594 km NW	330	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Genès-Champespe	63	162 km NE	200	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 21 %
Le Bourg-d'Hem	23	209 km N	226	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Bessas	07	251 km E	234	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Rezay	18	257 km N	204	26	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Genès-Champespe	63	162 km NE	200	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 21 %
Le Bourg-d'Hem	23	209 km N	226	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Bessas	07	251 km E	234	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Rezay	18	257 km N	204	26	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Boucieu-le-Roi	07	286 km E	243	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Landévennec	29	594 km NW	330	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Grézels'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-Martin-le-Redon	46	11 km NW	195	14.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Polycarpe	11	184 km SE	169	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Porte-du-Quercy	46	6.3 km S	532	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Les Junies	46	9.5 km NE	251	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Origne	33	131 km W	187	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	5.5 km W	348	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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