Poudenas

Lot-et-Garonne · CC Albret Communauté · INSEE 47211

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Poudenas (INSEE 47211) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC Albret Communauté. Population 196 (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 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 15,841 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.22	10	2.15
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA HALTE DES BOUCHONNIERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAFE GALERIE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	LA HALTE DES BOUCHONNIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	CAFE GALERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	POUDENAS 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 347 peak 1975: 351 2023: 196 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 243 (2012) → 196 (2023): -19.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 274 (1990) → 196 (2023): -28.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 191, of which 20.9 % second homes and 21.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km EGP — 4.2 km EPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Mézin): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Poudenas): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mézin): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mézin): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Poudenas): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 41.5

Days at or below 0 °C 26.6

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the REAUP weather station, 5.3 km away at 158 m; the village itself is at 65 m. ^[10]

The village sits 93 m below 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. ^[10]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEZIN, 3 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47211/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47211/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47211/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47211/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47167
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47211
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
Salives	21	539 km NE	186	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 70 %
Orliac-de-Bar	19	193 km NE	256	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 84 %
Mansonville	82	51 km E	310	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Montdardier	30	271 km E	209	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 96 %
Longré	16	218 km N	193	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 65 %
Tournecoupe	32	52 km SE	262	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mansonville	82	51 km E	310	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Tournecoupe	32	52 km SE	262	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 91 %
Orliac-de-Bar	19	193 km NE	256	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 84 %
Longré	16	218 km N	193	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 65 %
Montdardier	30	271 km E	209	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 96 %
Salives	21	539 km NE	186	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 70 %

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