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Moustier

Lot-et-Garonne · CC du Pays de Lauzun · INSEE 47194

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

Few services 26.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moustier (INSEE 47194) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC du Pays de Lauzun. Population 324 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/47194-moustier

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,979 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.51105.13
Housing mix0.7153.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES BABOT). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MOUSTIER MAIRIE DE MOUSTIER). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES BABOTINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MOUSTIER MAIRIE DE MOUSTIERINSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 323 peak 2017: 326 2023: 324 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 323 (2012) → 324 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 320 (1990) → 324 (2023): 1.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 186, of which 14.5 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 1.2 km SW (Allemans-du-Dropt)Bakery — 1.3 km SW (Allemans-du-Dropt)Food shop — 1.3 km SW (Allemans-du-Dropt)Pharmacy — 5.3 km SE (Saint-Pardoux-Isaac)
In the commune Primary school GP — 1.2 km SWBakery — 1.3 km SWFood shop — 1.3 km SWPharmacy — 5.3 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 (Allemans-du-Dropt): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Allemans-du-Dropt): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Allemans-du-Dropt): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pardoux-Isaac): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Moustier): 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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAINT-PARDOUX-ISAAC weather station, 5.8 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 51 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MAUVEZIN-SUR-GUPIE, 13.9 km away at 95 m, over 11 summers. [11]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ALLEMANS-DU-DRO, 1.1 km away at 41 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 — 47194/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47194/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47194/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47194/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47005
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47264
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47194
  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
Neuvy41341 km N31127.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Ratte71448 km NE37230.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Haselbourg57693 km NE29525.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 32 % · humidity 50 %
Anglars-Juillac4673 km E33028.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Sauvy32113 km S35529.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Langeron58324 km NE33720.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Anglars-Juillac4673 km E33028.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Sauvy32113 km S35529.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Langeron58324 km NE33720.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Neuvy41341 km N31127.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Ratte71448 km NE37230.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Haselbourg57693 km NE29525.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 32 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Moustier'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
Saint-Sauvy32113 km S35529.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Lieuran-Cabrières34275 km SE33517.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Monbrun32123 km SE39426.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ousse-Suzan40113 km SW29727.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Cayriech82114 km SE27023.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Marestaing32131 km SE33125.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %