Massoulès

Lot-et-Garonne · CC Fumel Vallée du Lot · INSEE 47162

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Massoulès (INSEE 47162) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC Fumel Vallée du Lot. Population 194 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 11.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 15,809 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.54	10	5.43
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	MASSOULES 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: 172 peak 2017: 215 2023: 194 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 197 (2012) → 194 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 186 (1990) → 194 (2023): 4.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 114, of which 21.1 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.7 km NPrimary school — 3.1 km SEBakery — 5.2 km NGP — 6.9 km NWPharmacy — 6.9 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 (Dausse): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Penne-d'Agenais): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Penne-d'Agenais): 6.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beauville): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Amans-du-Pech): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.7

Days at or below 0 °C 30.5

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, 11 km away at 186 m; the village itself is at 213 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, 11 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47162/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47162/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47162/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47162/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47079
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47203
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 82153
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
Puntous	65	120 km S	177	9.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Georges-de-la-Couée	72	390 km N	181	9.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 99 %
Fontaine-Chalendray	17	197 km NW	237	9.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente	16	168 km N	199	9.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Cernin-de-Labarde	24	53 km NW	221	11.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 70 %
Le Cayrol	12	155 km E	243	8.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 1 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cernin-de-Labarde	24	53 km NW	221	11.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 70 %
Puntous	65	120 km S	177	9.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 78 %
Le Cayrol	12	155 km E	243	8.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 1 %
Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente	16	168 km N	199	9.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 80 %
Fontaine-Chalendray	17	197 km NW	237	9.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Georges-de-la-Couée	72	390 km N	181	9.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 99 %

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