Thémines

Lot · CC Grand-Figeac · INSEE 46318

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

Few services 25.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thémines (INSEE 46318) is in Lot (46), part of CC Grand-Figeac. Population 240 (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/46318-themines

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,060 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.06
Housing mix	0.43	5	2.17

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 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PETIT THEMINOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LAU'LOT). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	1	AU PETIT THEMINOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LAU'LOT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	THEMINES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 270 2023: 240 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 213 (2012) → 240 (2023): 12.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 217 (1990) → 240 (2023): 10.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 191, of which 28.3 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 5.1 km NPharmacy — 5.1 km NBakery — 6.6 km SEGP — 7.2 km NE 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 Bourg): 6.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thémines): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Leyme): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Aynac): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Aynac): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33.7

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LUNEGARDE weather station, 13.1 km away at 383 m; the village itself is at 312 m. ^[12]

The village sits 71 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LUNEGARDE, 13.1 km away at 383 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 71 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,093 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LACAPELLE, 7.5 km away at 396 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46318/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46318/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46318/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46318/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46034
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46318
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46170
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46012
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
Urciers	36	201 km N	236	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Bosmoreau-les-Mines	23	140 km N	230	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Les Grands-Chézeaux	87	182 km N	225	15.9	No daily shops	no figures
Sérandon	19	80 km NE	343	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Orcival	63	131 km NE	240	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Obterre	36	250 km N	224	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sérandon	19	80 km NE	343	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Orcival	63	131 km NE	240	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Bosmoreau-les-Mines	23	140 km N	230	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Les Grands-Chézeaux	87	182 km N	225	15.9	No daily shops	no figures
Urciers	36	201 km N	236	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Obterre	36	250 km N	224	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Thémines'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
Gehée	36	258 km N	253	8.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Chalendray	17	207 km NW	237	9.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Montdardier	30	167 km SE	209	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amand-de-Vergt	24	93 km W	242	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Chamarand	46	30 km W	192	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Perdoux	46	19 km SE	196	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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