Saint-Clair

Lot · CC Quercy - Bouriane · INSEE 46259

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

Few services 25.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Clair (INSEE 46259) is in Lot (46), part of CC Quercy - Bouriane. Population 143 (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/46259-saint-clair

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 13,700 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.7	10	7.02
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 189 2023: 143 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 147 (2012) → 143 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 119 (1990) → 143 (2023): 20.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 21.6 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 4.0 km NWPharmacy — 4.0 km NWBakery — 4.2 km NPrimary school — 4.4 km NWGP — 4.5 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): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Gourdon): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Gourdon): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gourdon): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gourdon): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.8

Days at or below 0 °C 42

Muggy days a summer 3.5

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GOURDON weather station, 5.2 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 217 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GOURDON, 5.2 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. ^[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, 5.2 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46259/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/22/17b3bb65-66db-3a86-a0cd-25442db3153c— “Marché à Saint-Clair”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46259/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46259/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46259/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46334
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46127
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-Amand-Jartoudeix	23	136 km N	150	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Peumerit-Quintin	22	542 km NW	191	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Châtelus	42	260 km NE	143	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Clermont	09	185 km S	117	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil	24	115 km NW	144	15.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Trois-Fonds	23	184 km N	141	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil	24	115 km NW	144	15.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix	23	136 km N	150	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Trois-Fonds	23	184 km N	141	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Clermont	09	185 km S	117	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Châtelus	42	260 km NE	143	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Peumerit-Quintin	22	542 km NW	191	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

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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-Clair'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
Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou	81	84 km S	126	14.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Laperche	47	81 km W	141	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Orival	16	123 km NW	149	7.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Brugnac	47	81 km W	180	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Estivals	19	37 km N	135	11.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bazile-de-Meyssac	19	47 km NE	142	9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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