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Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille

Lot · CA du Grand Cahors · INSEE 46340

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

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille (INSEE 46340) is in Lot (46), part of CA du Grand Cahors. Population 419 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/46340-saint-pierre-lafeuille

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,969 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8954.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 2 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 a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE CINFEUIL). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PIERRE-LAFEUILLE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (CHEZ LE COUPE TIF'). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (LA BERGERIE). [3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES GRAVES · QUERCY VACANCES). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LE CINFEUILINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PIERRE-LAFEUILLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1CHEZ LE COUPE TIF'INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1LA BERGERIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite2CAMPING LES GRAVES · QUERCY VACANCESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 94 2023: 419 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 368 (2012) → 419 (2023): 13.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 217 (1990) → 419 (2023): 93.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 5.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.2 km SE (Lamagdelaine)GP — 6.2 km SW (Mercuès)Pharmacy — 6.9 km S (Cahors)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.2 km SEGP — 6.2 km SWPharmacy — 6.9 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 (Lamagdelaine): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille): 0 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Mercuès): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Cahors): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the CATUS weather station, 10.7 km away at 307 m; the village itself is at 329 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at LE MONTAT, 16.7 km away at 260 m, over 28 summers. [12]

That station sits 69 m below 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 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at CATUS, 10 km away at 165 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 192,500 € — 1,023 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Lot is 1,246 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46340/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46340/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46340/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46340/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46149
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46340
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46191
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46042
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Préguillac17207 km NW44432.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Ouville50544 km N43928.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes33132 km W38623.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Le Perchay95511 km N50432.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Marest-sur-Matz60564 km N37529.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Lagos64199 km SW47325.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes33132 km W38623.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Lagos64199 km SW47325.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
Préguillac17207 km NW44432.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Le Perchay95511 km N50432.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Ouville50544 km N43928.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Marest-sur-Matz60564 km N37529.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · 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 Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille'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
Camburat4645 km E45523.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Poulan-Pouzols8191 km SE47821.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Montagny-près-Louhans71380 km NE48921.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Vincelles71378 km NE46729.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Albine81147 km SE51224.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Anglars-Nozac4630 km N40021.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %