Lamothe-Fénelon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 35.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lamothe-Fénelon (INSEE 46152) is in Lot (46), part of CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Population 330 (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 35.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 85 % of the 18,033 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 | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.55 | 10 | 5.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.28 | 5 | 1.41 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL DE MARCILHAC). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (CHEZ TEUTEU). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LAMOTHE FENELON AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LAMOTHE-FÉNELON). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING ECOLIEU LA CLAIRIÈRE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | FOURNIL DE MARCILHAC | 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 | CHEZ TEUTEU | 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) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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 | LAMOTHE FENELON AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LAMOTHE-FÉNELON | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING ECOLIEU LA CLAIRIÈRE | 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
Population 303 (2012) → 330 (2023): 8.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 313 (1990) → 330 (2023): 5.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 35.9 % second homes and 1.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lamothe-Fénelon): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Julien-de-Lampon): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Payrac): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-de-Lampon): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Lamothe-Fénelon): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [11]
Measured at the SOUILLAC-PRESSIGNAC weather station, 8.2 km away at 101 m; the village itself is at 120 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at GOURDON, 10.2 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 140 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 891 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PAYRAC - BOURG, 6.2 km away at 279 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 — 46152/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46152/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46152/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46152/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46152
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24432
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46215
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touffailles | 82 | 69 km SW | 330 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Goulles | 19 | 57 km NE | 323 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 % |
| Ids-Saint-Roch | 18 | 218 km N | 295 | 33 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Varaignes | 24 | 109 km NW | 358 | 35.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 84 % |
| Champagnat | 23 | 148 km NE | 461 | 35.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 % |
| Frayssinet-le-Gélat | 46 | 34 km SW | 376 | 32.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frayssinet-le-Gélat | 46 | 34 km SW | 376 | 32.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 % |
| Goulles | 19 | 57 km NE | 323 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 % |
| Touffailles | 82 | 69 km SW | 330 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Varaignes | 24 | 109 km NW | 358 | 35.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 84 % |
| Champagnat | 23 | 148 km NE | 461 | 35.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ids-Saint-Roch | 18 | 218 km N | 295 | 33 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · 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 Lamothe-Fénelon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Estréchure | 30 | 205 km E | 151 | 26.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Thoiras-Corbès | 30 | 217 km E | 607 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Roquedur | 30 | 203 km SE | 266 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aujols | 46 | 49 km S | 383 | 31.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Félix-de-Pallières | 30 | 219 km SE | 194 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Roc | 46 | 4.1 km NE | 207 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
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