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Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet

Lot · CC Quercy - Bouriane · INSEE 46258

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

No daily shops 12.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet (INSEE 46258) is in Lot (46), part of CC Quercy - Bouriane. Population 172 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/46258-saint-cirq-souillaguet

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 15,091 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 trend0.78107.84
Housing mix0.6153.07

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 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 [3,4]
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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 133 2023: 172 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 150 (2012) → 172 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 134 (1990) → 172 (2023): 28.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 119, of which 19.3 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.0 km N (Le Vigan-en-Quercy)Food shop — 4.0 km N (Le Vigan-en-Quercy)GP — 4.1 km N (Le Vigan-en-Quercy)Primary school — 4.3 km N (Le Vigan-en-Quercy)Pharmacy — 6.8 km NW (Gourdon)
Bakery — 4.0 km NFood shop — 4.0 km NGP — 4.1 km NPrimary school — 4.3 km NPharmacy — 6.8 km NW 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 (Le Vigan-en-Quercy): 4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Le Vigan-en-Quercy): 4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Le Vigan-en-Quercy): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Gourdon): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Le Vigan-en-Quercy): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the GOURDON weather station, 6.4 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 338 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 3 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at GOURDON, 6.4 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 78 m below 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, 6.4 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 — 46258/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/22/378887d2-7a6c-3488-acb3-7d4d7ba2bc56— “Marché de Saint Cirq Souillaguet”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46258/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46258/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46258/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46334
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46127
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Brézilhac11178 km S17215.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %
Soucia39391 km NE17515.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Pandrignes1966 km NE17212.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Landebaëron22563 km NW1678.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Ailleux42230 km NE17513No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Rayet4754 km W17211.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rayet4754 km W17211.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Pandrignes1966 km NE17212.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Brézilhac11178 km S17215.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %
Ailleux42230 km NE17513No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Soucia39391 km NE17515.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Landebaëron22563 km NW1678.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 81 % · 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 Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Frayssinhes4642 km NE1698.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne24108 km NW16814.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sagonne18261 km NE1908.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Guizengeard16140 km NW1669.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Crespinet81107 km SE1829.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-de-Vern4641 km E17110.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %