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Monségur

Lot-et-Garonne · CC des Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord · INSEE 47178

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

No daily shops 18.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monségur (INSEE 47178) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC des Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord. Population 397 (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/47178-monsegur

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 18,022 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.54105.42
Housing mix0.8454.22

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 0 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]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 279 peak 2017: 399 2023: 397 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 389 (2012) → 397 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 381 (1990) → 397 (2023): 4.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 206, of which 7.8 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.2 km E (Monsempron-Libos)Food shop — 5.2 km E (Monsempron-Libos)Pharmacy — 5.2 km E (Monsempron-Libos)GP — 5.9 km E (Fumel)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.2 km EFood shop — 5.2 km EPharmacy — 5.2 km EGP — 5.9 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 (Monsempron-Libos): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Monsempron-Libos): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Fumel): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Monsempron-Libos): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Monségur): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAINT-SYLVESTRE weather station, 7.5 km away at 136 m; the village itself is at 230 m. [11]

The village sits 94 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at LACAPELLE-BIRON, 11.4 km away at 235 m, over 20 summers. [11]

An average of 808 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MONSEMPRON-LIBO, 5 km away at 110 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47178/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47178/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47178/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47178/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47179
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47106
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47178
  11. 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
Saint-Appolinard38354 km E39522.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Castillon-de-Saint-Martory31150 km S39824.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Grézet-Cavagnan4760 km W40922.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Gein40119 km SW40917.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Jean-Delnous12137 km E39118.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 96 %
Labarthe8246 km SE38118.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Labarthe8246 km SE38118.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Grézet-Cavagnan4760 km W40922.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Gein40119 km SW40917.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Jean-Delnous12137 km E39118.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 96 %
Castillon-de-Saint-Martory31150 km S39824.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Appolinard38354 km E39522.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Monségur'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Espiens4753 km SW35819.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Andouque81125 km SE38317No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Latrape31142 km S44424.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cuhon86260 km N37719.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villegouin36278 km N32515.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Palais33148 km NW52721.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %