Molières

Lot · CC Grand-Figeac · INSEE 46195

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 25.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Molières (INSEE 46195) is in Lot (46), part of CC Grand-Figeac. Population 357 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/46195-molieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.38	10	3.84
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE LES PIT'CHOUNS A MOLIERES). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MOLIÈRES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE LES PIT'CHOUNS A MOLIERES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MOLIÈRES	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

1968: 456 2023: 357 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 376 (2012) → 357 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 404 (1990) → 357 (2023): -11.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 12.1 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km WPharmacy — 2.8 km WGP — 4.2 km WBakery — 7.2 km E 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 (Gorses): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Leyme): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Leyme): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Leyme): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Molières): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17

Days at or below 0 °C 44.4

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LATRONQUIERE weather station, 10.6 km away at 658 m; the village itself is at 554 m. ^[11]

The village sits 104 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COMIAC, 19.7 km away at 562 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,093 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LACAPELLE, 7.1 km away at 396 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 — 46195/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46195/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46195/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46195/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46125
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46170
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46195
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
Banca	64	323 km SW	358	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Regniowez	08	602 km N	369	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Méard	87	101 km N	366	19.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Noyal-sous-Bazouges	35	486 km NW	392	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Douchapt	24	127 km NW	353	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Souternon	42	200 km NE	293	17.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Méard	87	101 km N	366	19.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Douchapt	24	127 km NW	353	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Souternon	42	200 km NE	293	17.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Banca	64	323 km SW	358	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Noyal-sous-Bazouges	35	486 km NW	392	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Regniowez	08	602 km N	369	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · 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 Molières'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
Gizeux	37	319 km NW	382	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vézières	86	292 km NW	340	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Berthenoux	36	208 km N	361	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Baudres	36	253 km N	397	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bommiers	36	222 km N	321	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain	86	200 km NW	386	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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