Lauzès
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lauzès (INSEE 46162) is in Lot (46), part of CC du Causse de Labastide Murat. Population 200 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 85 % of the 15,961 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.76 | 10 | 7.58 |
| Housing mix | 0.32 | 5 | 1.6 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE LAUZES). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (BISTROT DE LAUZES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LAUZES AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LAUZÈS MAISON DAVID). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE DE LAUZES | 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 | 1 | BISTROT DE LAUZES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | LAUZES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LAUZÈS MAISON DAVID | 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 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 169 (2012) → 200 (2023): 18.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 159 (1990) → 200 (2023): 25.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 159, of which 34 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lauzès): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bellefont-La Rauze): 7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Cœur de Causse): 8.9 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint Géry-Vers): 10.2 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille): 11.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the ST GERY weather station, 10.1 km away at 137 m; the village itself is at 354 m. [13]
The village sits 217 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. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at LUNEGARDE, 14.9 km away at 383 m, over 23 summers. [13]
An average of 869 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at ST GERY, 10.1 km away at 137 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46162/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46162/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46162/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46162/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46162
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46156
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46138
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46268
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46340
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bussière-sur-Ouche | 21 | 382 km NE | 197 | 25.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cassagnes | 66 | 220 km SE | 294 | 33.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 % |
| Fronsac | 31 | 195 km SW | 185 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Vacquerie-et-Saint-Martin-de-Castries | 34 | 173 km SE | 210 | 28.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cazals | 82 | 51 km S | 236 | 22.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Chomeil | 15 | 118 km NE | 241 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cazals | 82 | 51 km S | 236 | 22.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Chomeil | 15 | 118 km NE | 241 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Vacquerie-et-Saint-Martin-de-Castries | 34 | 173 km SE | 210 | 28.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fronsac | 31 | 195 km SW | 185 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cassagnes | 66 | 220 km SE | 294 | 33.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 % |
| La Bussière-sur-Ouche | 21 | 382 km NE | 197 | 25.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · 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 Lauzès'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buisson | 84 | 273 km E | 252 | 23.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Escamps | 46 | 23 km S | 206 | 20.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Casalabriva | 2A | 674 km SE | 235 | 31.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Eyzahut | 26 | 272 km E | 151 | 20.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Espenel | 26 | 289 km E | 193 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Andéol-de-Berg | 07 | 234 km E | 134 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
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