Argenton

Lot-et-Garonne · CC des Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne · INSEE 47013

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

Few services 28.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Argenton (INSEE 47013) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC des Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne. Population 331 (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/47013-argenton

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 18,007 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.73	10	7.3
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHRISTIANE - LAC DE GUITARD). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	CHRISTIANE - LAC DE GUITARD	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 307 peak 2012: 339 2023: 331 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 339 (2012) → 331 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 269 (1990) → 331 (2023): 23 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 8.1 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 0.8 km EFood shop — 0.9 km EGP — 7.8 km SBakery — 7.9 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 (Casteljaloux): 7.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bouglon): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Casteljaloux): 7.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bouglon): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Argenton): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32.3

Days at or below 0 °C 23.3

Muggy days a summer 8

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT-MARTIN-CURTO weather station, 5.9 km away at 144 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[11]

The village sits 76 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MARMANDE, 14.9 km away at 30 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOUGLON, 1.3 km away at 136 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 — 47013/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47013/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47013/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47013/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47052
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47034
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47013
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
Monnet-la-Ville	39	514 km NE	332	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Chitry	89	467 km NE	346	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 30 % · humidity 50 %
Lupé	42	380 km E	314	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 50 %
Villard-Sallet	73	491 km E	310	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 24 % · humidity 57 %
Estréelles	62	692 km N	342	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Thizay	37	309 km N	307	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thizay	37	309 km N	307	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Lupé	42	380 km E	314	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 50 %
Chitry	89	467 km NE	346	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 30 % · humidity 50 %
Villard-Sallet	73	491 km E	310	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 24 % · humidity 57 %
Monnet-la-Ville	39	514 km NE	332	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Estréelles	62	692 km N	342	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Argenton'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
Girac	46	149 km NE	355	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Souilhanels	11	186 km SE	356	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Néac	33	65 km N	331	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-du-Bois	33	33 km NW	263	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lugasson	33	45 km NW	316	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lézignan	65	143 km S	355	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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