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Saillac

Lot · CC du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne · INSEE 46247

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saillac (INSEE 46247) is in Lot (46), part of CC du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne. Population 148 (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/46247-saillac

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 13,969 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.8107.98
Housing mix0.2451.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 135 peak 2017: 159 2023: 148 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 155 (2012) → 148 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 114 (1990) → 148 (2023): 29.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 38.1 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmFood shop — 4.2 km NW (Varaire)Primary school — 4.4 km NW (Varaire)Bakery — 7.3 km N (Limogne-en-Quercy)GP — 7.5 km N (Limogne-en-Quercy)Pharmacy — 11.0 km S (Caylus)
Food shop — 4.2 km NWPrimary school — 4.4 km NWBakery — 7.3 km NGP — 7.5 km NPharmacy — 11.0 km S 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 (Limogne-en-Quercy): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Varaire): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Limogne-en-Quercy): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Caylus): 11 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Varaire): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46247/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46247/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46247/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46247/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46173
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46328
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 82038

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Victot-en-Auge14554 km N1455.3No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Chels4622 km N1488.3No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Martin-du-Tartre71339 km NE1488.6No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Priest23200 km N1493No daily shopsno figures
Beaulieu58353 km N1425.2No daily shopsno figures
Champagnat-le-Jeune63181 km NE14910.5No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Chels4622 km N1488.3No daily shopsno figures
Champagnat-le-Jeune63181 km NE14910.5No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Priest23200 km N1493No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Martin-du-Tartre71339 km NE1488.6No daily shopsno figures
Beaulieu58353 km N1425.2No daily shopsno figures
Victot-en-Auge14554 km N1455.3No daily shopsno figures

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