Varaire

Lot · CC du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne · INSEE 46328

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

Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varaire (INSEE 46328) is in Lot (46), part of CC du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne. Population 359 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/46328-varaire

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 18,035 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	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.79	10	7.91
Housing mix	0.44	5	2.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DE VARAIRE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (CAFE RESTAURANT LES MARRONNIERS · AUX DELICES DE JADE AUX JARDINS DE JULES · LES GARIOTTES · VARADETO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VARAIRE RP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	1	EPICERIE DE VARAIRE	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	4	CAFE RESTAURANT LES MARRONNIERS · AUX DELICES DE JADE AUX JARDINS DE JULES · LES GARIOTTES · VARADETO	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	VARAIRE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VARAIRE	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	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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 282 2023: 359 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 309 (2012) → 359 (2023): 16.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 278 (1990) → 359 (2023): 29.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 274, of which 28.1 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.8 km NEGP — 5.9 km NEPharmacy — 14.2 km S 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 (Limogne-en-Quercy): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Varaire): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Limogne-en-Quercy): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Caylus): 14.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Varaire): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 41.3

Days at or below 0 °C 50.2

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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST GERY weather station, 17.6 km away at 137 m; the village itself is at 319 m. ^[12]

The village sits 182 m above 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]

An average of 877 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LIMOGNE, 6.1 km away at 303 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 — 46328/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/22/d33bf950-e58c-35c9-8ba3-8efbdef9161c— “Marché à Varaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46328/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46328/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46328/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46173
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46328
INSEE BPE 2025 — 82038
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
Beaubery	71	309 km NE	366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 93 %
Montory	64	248 km SW	318	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 74 %
Villedieu-le-Château	41	383 km N	381	24.7	Few services	no figures
Laussou	47	78 km W	284	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 57 %
Épeigné-les-Bois	37	329 km N	401	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 85 %
Espagnac	19	98 km N	381	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laussou	47	78 km W	284	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 57 %
Espagnac	19	98 km N	381	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 57 %
Montory	64	248 km SW	318	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 74 %
Beaubery	71	309 km NE	366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 93 %
Épeigné-les-Bois	37	329 km N	401	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 85 %
Villedieu-le-Château	41	383 km N	381	24.7	Few services	no figures

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