Lachapelle-Auzac

Lot · CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne · INSEE 46145

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

Few services 32.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lachapelle-Auzac (INSEE 46145) is in Lot (46), part of CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Population 795 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 15,693 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.53	10	5.27
Housing mix	0.48	5	2.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE P'TIT FOURNIL DE TONY). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (NAGOYA · LE RELAIS DE MAURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (JO FAUREL CAMPING LE LAC ROUGE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	LE P'TIT FOURNIL DE TONY	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	2	NAGOYA · LE RELAIS DE MAURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	JO FAUREL CAMPING LE LAC ROUGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 555 peak 1999: 804 2023: 795 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 766 (2012) → 795 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 774 (1990) → 795 (2023): 2.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 623, of which 26 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.9 km SEBakery — 1.0 km SEFood shop — 1.0 km SPharmacy — 1.2 km S 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 (Lachapelle-Auzac): 1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Souillac): 1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Souillac): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Souillac): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lachapelle-Auzac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 50▸

Days at or below 0 °C 57

Muggy days a summer 5.3

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SOUILLAC-PRESSIGNAC weather station, 1.3 km away at 101 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GOURDON, 19.1 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 146 m above 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 924 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOUILLAC-PRESSIGNAC, 1.3 km away at 101 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 — 46145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46145
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46309
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
Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie	30	248 km SE	776	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Urville	14	477 km N	779	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Forstfeld	67	664 km NE	798	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Muhlbach-sur-Bruche	67	598 km NE	683	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Villard	74	413 km E	947	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %
Huest	27	460 km N	775	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie	30	248 km SE	776	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Villard	74	413 km E	947	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %
Huest	27	460 km N	775	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Urville	14	477 km N	779	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Muhlbach-sur-Bruche	67	598 km NE	683	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Forstfeld	67	664 km NE	798	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Lachapelle-Auzac'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
Verfeuil	30	250 km E	591	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-de-Lévis	81	117 km S	971	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montpezat	30	244 km SE	1,402	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Charnoz-sur-Ain	01	312 km E	951	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Molières-Cavaillac	30	197 km SE	905	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Gargas	31	128 km S	785	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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