Saint-Sulpice

Identity

Saint-Sulpice (INSEE 46294) is in Lot (46), part of CC Grand-Figeac. Population 127 (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/46294-saint-sulpice

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 12,697 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 (PIZZA PATRICK). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

1 × Library (DÉPÔT DE SAINT-SULPICE). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE CELE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 144 (2012) → 127 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 126 (1990) → 127 (2023): 0.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 129, of which 39.5 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cajarc): 10.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marcilhac-sur-Célé): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cajarc): 8.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cajarc): 10.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Sulpice): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LUNEGARDE weather station, 14.4 km away at 383 m; the village itself is at 198 m. ^[11]

The village sits 185 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 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LUNEGARDE, 14.4 km away at 383 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 185 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 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BLARS, 5.3 km away at 281 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 — 46294/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46294/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46294/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46294/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46045
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46183
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46294
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024