Lacépède

Identity

Lacépède (INSEE 47125) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC du Confluent et des Coteaux de Prayssas. Population 320 (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/47125-lacepede

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,948 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SOLEIL LEVAIN). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 306 (2012) → 320 (2023): 4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 275 (1990) → 320 (2023): 16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 191, of which 15.7 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lacépède): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sardos): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Prayssas): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lafitte-sur-Lot): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Lacépède): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BOURRAN-INRAE weather station, 4 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 131 m. ^[12]

The village sits 76 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BOURRAN-INRAE, 4 km away at 55 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 76 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 689 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOURRAN-INRAE, 4 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

40 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 189,000 € — 1,176 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Lot-et-Garonne is 1,182 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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 — 47125/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47125/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47125/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47125/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47125
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47276
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47213
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47127
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025