Payrignac

Identity

Payrignac (INSEE 46216) is in Lot (46), part of CC Quercy - Bouriane. Population 651 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/46216-payrignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 16,738 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.

Services

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

2 × Restaurant (L'OCCITAN · CLEMLO 46). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (CATH' IF COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 710 (2012) → 651 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 528 (1990) → 651 (2023): 23.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 446, of which 18.6 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Gourdon): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Léobard): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gourdon): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gourdon): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Payrignac): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GOURDON weather station, 3.8 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 124 m. ^[11]

The village sits 136 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 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GOURDON, 3.8 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 136 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 808 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GOURDON, 3.8 km away at 260 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46216/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46216/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46216/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46216/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46127
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46169
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46216
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024