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Sénaillac-Lauzès

Lot · CC du Causse de Labastide Murat · INSEE 46303

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

No daily shops 7.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sénaillac-Lauzès (INSEE 46303) is in Lot (46), part of CC du Causse de Labastide Murat. Population 145 (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/46303-senaillac-lauzes

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 13,841 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 trend0.62106.24
Housing mix0.0950.45

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

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

Trajectory

1968: 160 2023: 145 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 117 (2012) → 145 (2023): 23.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 129 (1990) → 145 (2023): 12.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 165, of which 45.5 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 6.8 km SW (Lauzès)GP — 6.9 km N (Cœur de Causse)Food shop — 8.3 km NW (Cœur de Causse)Primary school — 10.8 km SE (Marcilhac-sur-Célé)Pharmacy — 14.9 km SW (Saint Géry-Vers)
Bakery — 6.8 km SWGP — 6.9 km NFood shop — 8.3 km NWPrimary school — 10.8 km SEPharmacy — 14.9 km SW 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 (Lauzès): 6.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cœur de Causse): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Cœur de Causse): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint Géry-Vers): 14.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Marcilhac-sur-Célé): 10.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LUNEGARDE weather station, 9 km away at 383 m; the village itself is at 379 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at LUNEGARDE, 9 km away at 383 m, over 23 summers. [12]

An average of 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BLARS, 6.5 km away at 281 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46303/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46303/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46303/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46303/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46162
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46138
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46268
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46183
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sarrance64250 km SW1522.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Pierrefitte-en-Auge14529 km N1529.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bondons48158 km E1394.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Chalais36218 km N1524.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Truinas26272 km E14510.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bastit4613 km N14512.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Bastit4613 km N14512.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bondons48158 km E1394.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Chalais36218 km N1524.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sarrance64250 km SW1522.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Truinas26272 km E14510.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Pierrefitte-en-Auge14529 km N1529.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Sénaillac-Lauzès'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
Chalais36218 km N1524.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Bastit4613 km N14512.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Reilhaguet4622 km NW15612.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Lancize48176 km E15110.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ginouillac4616 km NW1398.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Montagnac-d'Auberoche2485 km NW13710.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %