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Lacapelle-Marival

Lot · CC Grand-Figeac · INSEE 46143

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 48/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lacapelle-Marival (INSEE 46143) is in Lot (46), part of CC Grand-Figeac. Population 1,268 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/46143-lacapelle-marival

Vitality score

Vitality score 48/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 12,863 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.26256.56
Social0.672013.44
Education0.63106.32
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.56105.56
Housing mix0.6153.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON LAFAGE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (IZZO ROSE-MARIE). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]

6 × Restaurant (CAFE DU MIDI · LA TABLE DES ELEVEURS · O CANTOU VA BIEN · HIC ET NUN · EMYE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN MONNET). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EUGENIO MARTIN MIRANDA, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LACAPELLE-MARIVAL). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). [3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE SEGALA · AGENCE LACAPELLE MARIVAL · BANQUE POPULAIRE OCCITANE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (AUX CISEAUX D'ARGENT · L'ATELIER DE CASSANDRA). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

1 × Hotel (BERGERIE DU CHATEAU). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE BOIS DE SOPHIE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MAISON LAFAGEINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1IZZO ROSE-MARIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket1INTERMARCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant6CAFE DU MIDI · LA TABLE DES ELEVEURS · O CANTOU VA BIEN · HIC ET NUN · EMYEINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE JEAN MONNETINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1EUGENIO MARTIN MIRANDA, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LACAPELLE-MARIVALINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1HALLE DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank3CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE SEGALA · AGENCE LACAPELLE MARIVAL · BANQUE POPULAIRE OCCITANEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser2AUX CISEAUX D'ARGENT · L'ATELIER DE CASSANDRAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1BERGERIE DU CHATEAUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite1LE BOIS DE SOPHIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Monthly market (reported, unverified): Monday (seasonal). See the source for which week of the month. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 993 peak 2012: 1,352 2023: 1,268 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,352 (2012) → 1,268 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,201 (1990) → 1,268 (2023): 5.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 841, of which 19.7 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.8 km SW (Le Bourg)Pharmacy — 6.6 km N (Leyme)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.8 km SWPharmacy — 6.6 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 (Le Bourg): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Lacapelle-Marival): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]

GP (Lacapelle-Marival): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Leyme): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). [11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LATRONQUIERE weather station, 13.8 km away at 658 m; the village itself is at 379 m. [12]

The village sits 279 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. [12]

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

Humidity measured at FAYCELLES, 18.1 km away at 342 m, over 20 summers. [12]

An average of 1,093 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LACAPELLE, 0.3 km away at 396 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46143/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2025-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/22/128dc346-c00b-3334-897c-96726d2a661a— “Le marché se déroule le deuxième et le quatrième lundi matin de chaque mois.”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46143/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46143/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46143/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46034
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46143
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46170
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Marciac32194 km SW1,21357.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 %
Meyssac1942 km NW1,31061.3ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Couches71314 km NE1,21345.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Bléneau89340 km N1,15340.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Thenon2481 km NW1,28252.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Moulins-Engilbert58291 km NE1,35249.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Meyssac1942 km NW1,31061.3ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Thenon2481 km NW1,28252.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Marciac32194 km SW1,21357.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 %
Moulins-Engilbert58291 km NE1,35249.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Couches71314 km NE1,21345.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Bléneau89340 km N1,15340.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Lacapelle-Marival'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Thenon2481 km NW1,28252.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Moulins-Engilbert58291 km NE1,35249.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cancon47105 km W1,37955.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Donzy58308 km N1,52543.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Écueillé36266 km N1,18834.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Brassac81130 km S1,28960.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %