Durance

Lot-et-Garonne · CC des Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne · INSEE 47085

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

No daily shops 18.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Durance (INSEE 47085) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC des Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne. Population 255 (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 18.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 17,334 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.39	10	3.92
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (DURANCE LPA AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	DURANCE LPA 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: 364 2023: 255 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 282 (2012) → 255 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 286 (1990) → 255 (2023): -10.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 182, of which 14.3 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 7.6 km NGP — 8.1 km EFood shop — 8.2 km NPharmacy — 9.6 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 (Fargues-sur-Ourbise): 7.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fargues-sur-Ourbise): 8.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Barbaste): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Barbaste): 9.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.1

Days at or below 0 °C 46.7

Muggy days a summer 6

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FARGUES-SUR-OURBISE weather station, 8.1 km away at 124 m; the village itself is at 127 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FARGUES-SUR-OURBISE, 8.1 km away at 124 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FARGUES-SUR-OURBISE, 8.1 km away at 124 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 — 47085/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47085/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47085/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47085/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47085
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 Tuzan	33	67 km NW	263	25.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure	38	412 km E	265	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Maxey-sur-Vaise	55	644 km NE	279	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Estialescq	64	120 km SW	257	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Moutiers-Saint-Jean	21	491 km NE	254	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bat	33	65 km NW	281	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-de-Bat	33	65 km NW	281	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Le Tuzan	33	67 km NW	263	25.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Estialescq	64	120 km SW	257	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure	38	412 km E	265	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Moutiers-Saint-Jean	21	491 km NE	254	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Maxey-sur-Vaise	55	644 km NE	279	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Durance'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
La Bastide-de-Bousignac	09	186 km SE	331	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ciadoux	31	111 km SE	234	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lahitte-Toupière	65	80 km S	263	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Roquetaillade-et-Conilhac	11	209 km SE	265	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Luglon	40	71 km W	373	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Trensacq	40	73 km W	284	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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