Saint-Sozy

Lot · CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne · INSEE 46293

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 49/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sozy (INSEE 46293) is in Lot (46), part of CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Population 490 (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/46293-saint-sozy

Vitality score

Vitality score 49/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 17,833 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.4
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPICERIE DES MARRONNIERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (JOYE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZAELA · DIONNA PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF RENE ESPINASSE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (VAURIJOUX CORINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL GRANGIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (SITES ET PAYSAGES VILLAGE DU PORT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'EPICERIE DES MARRONNIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	JOYE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	PIZZAELA · DIONNA PIZZAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF RENE ESPINASSE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	VAURIJOUX CORINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL GRANGIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	SITES ET PAYSAGES VILLAGE DU PORT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 417 peak 2007: 506 2023: 490 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 496 (2012) → 490 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 430 (1990) → 490 (2023): 14 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 374, of which 21.1 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 7.0 km WPharmacy — 7.0 km W 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 (Saint-Sozy): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sozy): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Souillac): 7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Souillac): 7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Sozy): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 50▸

Days at or below 0 °C 57

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SOUILLAC-PRESSIGNAC weather station, 8.8 km away at 101 m; the village itself is at 106 m. ^[10]

An average of 924 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOUILLAC-PRESSIGNAC, 8.8 km away at 101 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46293/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46293/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46293/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46293/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46309
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
Montmeyan	83	384 km E	596	56.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 65 %
Le Mazeau	85	238 km NW	464	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 64 %
Chauffour-sur-Vell	19	17 km NE	408	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %
La Roche-Guyon	95	467 km N	399	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 92 %
Chailley	89	392 km NE	533	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 88 %
Garde-Colombe	05	338 km E	539	54	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 53 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chauffour-sur-Vell	19	17 km NE	408	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %
Le Mazeau	85	238 km NW	464	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 64 %
Garde-Colombe	05	338 km E	539	54	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 53 %
Montmeyan	83	384 km E	596	56.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 65 %
Chailley	89	392 km NE	533	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 88 %
La Roche-Guyon	95	467 km N	399	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 92 %

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Elsewhere

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