Vire-sur-Lot

Lot · CC de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble · INSEE 46336

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

No daily shops 17.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vire-sur-Lot (INSEE 46336) is in Lot (46), part of CC de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble. Population 348 (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 17.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 18,020 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.83
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE CAILLAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIRE SUR LOT AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	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	1	LE CAILLAU	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	VIRE SUR LOT 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: 368 peak 2012: 375 2023: 348 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 375 (2012) → 348 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 354 (1990) → 348 (2023): -1.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 236, of which 25.4 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.6 km WFood shop — 2.7 km NBakery — 2.8 km NGP — 2.8 km NPharmacy — 4.3 km E 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 (Duravel): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Duravel): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Duravel): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Puy-l'Évêque): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Touzac): 2.6 km to the 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, 9.7 km away at 104 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ANGLARS, 9.7 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, 4.7 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 — 46336/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46336/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46336/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46336/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46231
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46321
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
Le Lindois	16	145 km N	339	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Sury-ès-Bois	18	353 km N	311	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Christophe	16	169 km N	334	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Bar	19	111 km NE	311	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Le Petit-Pressigny	37	271 km N	305	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Salvadour	19	114 km NE	332	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bar	19	111 km NE	311	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Salvadour	19	114 km NE	332	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %
Le Lindois	16	145 km N	339	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Christophe	16	169 km N	334	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Le Petit-Pressigny	37	271 km N	305	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Sury-ès-Bois	18	353 km N	311	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Vire-sur-Lot'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
Saint-Martin-le-Redon	46	5.5 km NW	195	14.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Perquie	40	129 km SW	342	13.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Porte-du-Quercy	46	9.4 km SE	532	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Les Junies	46	13 km NE	251	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sarrant	32	81 km S	358	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Albas	46	12 km E	529	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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