Soturac

Lot · CC de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble · INSEE 46307

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

No daily shops 19.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soturac (INSEE 46307) is in Lot (46), part of CC de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble. Population 644 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 16,766 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.41	10	4.06
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOTURAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOTURAC). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE NATHALIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE VALENTY). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SOTURAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOTURAC	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LES CISEAUX DE NATHALIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE VALENTY	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: 749 peak 1975: 765 2023: 644 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 644 (2012) → 644 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 711 (1990) → 644 (2023): -9.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 421, of which 22.8 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km SWFood shop — 2.5 km NWPharmacy — 3.1 km WGP — 3.9 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 (Montayral): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fumel): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fumel): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montayral): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Soturac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 41.9

Days at or below 0 °C 45.1

Muggy days a summer 10.7▸

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ANGLARS weather station, 15.2 km away at 104 m; the village itself is at 107 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ANGLARS, 15.2 km away at 104 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PUY-L'EVEQUE, 10.2 km away at 112 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 — 46307/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46307/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46307/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46307/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47106
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46307
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
Fromental	87	188 km N	524	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 74 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Médard-la-Rochette	23	194 km NE	559	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 26 % · humidity 29 %
Dussac	24	101 km N	427	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Priest-Ligoure	87	131 km N	692	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Condat-sur-Ganaveix	19	118 km N	643	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %
Nolay	58	343 km NE	353	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dussac	24	101 km N	427	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Condat-sur-Ganaveix	19	118 km N	643	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Priest-Ligoure	87	131 km N	692	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Fromental	87	188 km N	524	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 74 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Médard-la-Rochette	23	194 km NE	559	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 26 % · humidity 29 %
Nolay	58	343 km NE	353	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Soturac'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
Porte-du-Quercy	46	13 km SE	532	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Albas	46	18 km E	529	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sarrant	32	80 km S	358	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	5.5 km E	348	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-Poutge	32	99 km SW	310	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Escornebœuf	32	93 km S	579	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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