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Frespech

Lot-et-Garonne · CC Fumel Vallée du Lot · INSEE 47105

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

Few services 20/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Frespech (INSEE 47105) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC Fumel Vallée du Lot. Population 279 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/47105-frespech

Vitality score

Vitality score 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,646 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.54105.45
Housing mix0.7253.61

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 1 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. [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FRESPECH AP). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (M & VOUS). [3,4]

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale1FRESPECH APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1M & VOUSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 199 peak 2012: 300 2023: 279 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 300 (2012) → 279 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 267 (1990) → 279 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 166, of which 13.9 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.9 km N (Auradou)Food shop — 3.7 km NW (Hautefage-la-Tour)GP — 5.5 km SW (Laroque-Timbaut)Bakery — 5.7 km SW (Laroque-Timbaut)Pharmacy — 5.7 km SE (Beauville)
Primary school — 2.9 km NFood shop — 3.7 km NWGP — 5.5 km SWBakery — 5.7 km SWPharmacy — 5.7 km SE 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): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hautefage-la-Tour): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Laroque-Timbaut): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Beauville): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Auradou): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). [11]

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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LAROQUE-TIMBAUT weather station, 6.3 km away at 186 m; the village itself is at 212 m. [12]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LAROQUE-TIMBAUT, 6.3 km away at 186 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47105/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47105/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47105/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47105/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47138
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47117
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47025
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47017
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Agonges03314 km NE30019.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 74 %
Francoulès4659 km NE26524Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Le Pin-au-Haras61496 km N24317.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 68 %
Tanville61478 km N22720.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 74 %
Chamborand23214 km N24117.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 91 %
Le Petit-Pressigny37291 km N30518.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 88 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Francoulès4659 km NE26524Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Chamborand23214 km N24117.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 91 %
Le Petit-Pressigny37291 km N30518.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 88 %
Agonges03314 km NE30019.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 74 %
Tanville61478 km N22720.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 74 %
Le Pin-au-Haras61496 km N24317.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 68 %

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