Masclat
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Masclat (INSEE 46186) is in Lot (46), part of CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Population 357 (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 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 69 % of the 18,074 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 | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.74 | 10 | 7.44 |
| Housing mix | 0.58 | 5 | 2.9 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ANGELIQUE CAKE EVENTS). [3]
3 × Restaurant (CHEZ NICOLE · AUX DELICES DES PIRATES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | ANGELIQUE CAKE EVENTS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 | 3 | CHEZ NICOLE · AUX DELICES DES PIRATES | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | 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 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 351 (2012) → 357 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 287 (1990) → 357 (2023): 24.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 243, of which 21 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Masclat): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Julien-de-Lampon): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Julien-de-Lampon): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-de-Lampon): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Lamothe-Fénelon): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 44 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, 9.4 km away at 101 m; the village itself is at 179 m. [11]
The village sits 78 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at GOURDON, 9.8 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 81 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, 7.4 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 — 46186/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46186/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46186/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46186/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46186
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24432
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46152
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche | 07 | 241 km E | 375 | 28.6 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mallefougasse-Augès | 04 | 368 km E | 327 | 28.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lasse | 64 | 282 km SW | 334 | 27.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 % |
| Brunet | 04 | 383 km E | 299 | 28.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vauciennes | 51 | 506 km N | 319 | 23.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 % |
| Hundsbach | 68 | 551 km NE | 357 | 30.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche | 07 | 241 km E | 375 | 28.6 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lasse | 64 | 282 km SW | 334 | 27.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 % |
| Mallefougasse-Augès | 04 | 368 km E | 327 | 28.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Brunet | 04 | 383 km E | 299 | 28.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vauciennes | 51 | 506 km N | 319 | 23.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 % |
| Hundsbach | 68 | 551 km NE | 357 | 30.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Masclat'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochefort-en-Valdaine | 26 | 277 km E | 353 | 31.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-André-d'Olérargues | 30 | 257 km E | 443 | 29.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Verfeuil | 30 | 253 km E | 591 | 32.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aujols | 46 | 49 km S | 383 | 31.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison | 84 | 302 km E | 334 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Sauveur-de-Puynormand | 33 | 114 km W | 369 | 30.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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