La Croix-Blanche

Lot-et-Garonne · CA du Grand Villeneuvois · INSEE 47075

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Croix-Blanche (INSEE 47075) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CA du Grand Villeneuvois. Population 1,075 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 13,902 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (DOUCEURS & SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CRUCIBLANCHAIS). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CROIX BLANCHE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA CROIX BLANCHE BÉGOU). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	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	2	DOUCEURS & SAVEURS	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CRUCIBLANCHAIS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	LA CROIX BLANCHE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA CROIX BLANCHE BÉGOU	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 379 2023: 1,075 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 867 (2012) → 1,075 (2023): 24 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 714 (1990) → 1,075 (2023): 50.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 490, of which 2.7 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.5 km EBakery — 5.8 km EGP — 5.8 km EPharmacy — 7.2 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 (Laroque-Timbaut): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laroque-Timbaut): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Laroque-Timbaut): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pont-du-Casse): 7.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Croix-Blanche): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.7

Days at or below 0 °C 30.5

Muggy days a summer 8.8

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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAROQUE-TIMBAUT weather station, 7.3 km away at 186 m; the village itself is at 203 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PRAYSSAS, 9.9 km away at 196 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAROQUE-TIMBAUT, 7.3 km away at 186 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 — 47075/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47075/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47075/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47075/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47209
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47075
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
Feins	35	483 km N	1,074	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 100 % · humidity 43 %
Bouée	44	392 km NW	1,097	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Druye	37	335 km N	1,024	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Chaudenay	71	432 km NE	1,116	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Chaudefonds-sur-Layon	49	354 km N	949	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Le Merzer	22	556 km NW	986	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Druye	37	335 km N	1,024	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Chaudefonds-sur-Layon	49	354 km N	949	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Bouée	44	392 km NW	1,097	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Chaudenay	71	432 km NE	1,116	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Feins	35	483 km N	1,074	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 100 % · humidity 43 %
Le Merzer	22	556 km NW	986	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %

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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 La Croix-Blanche'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
Aureville	31	109 km SE	1,048	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Moussoulens	11	167 km SE	956	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Malves-en-Minervois	11	182 km SE	888	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Fauguerolles	47	39 km NW	822	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lasbordes	11	155 km SE	846	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Auriac-sur-Vendinelle	31	125 km SE	1,087	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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