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Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun

Lot-et-Garonne · CC du Pays de Lauzun · INSEE 47235

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

No daily shops 16.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun (INSEE 47235) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC du Pays de Lauzun. Population 473 (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/47235-saint-colomb-de-lauzun

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 17,876 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
Education0100
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.52105.19
Housing mix0.853.99

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 1 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”.

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE THE OLD SCHOOL L'ANCIENNE ECOLE). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTIAN NAVEZ, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE THE OLD SCHOOL L'ANCIENNE ECOLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1CHRISTIAN NAVEZ, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE 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 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: 449 peak 2012: 512 2023: 473 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 512 (2012) → 473 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 464 (1990) → 473 (2023): 1.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 297, of which 10.1 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.6 km S (Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun)Primary school — 1.9 km NW (Lauzun)Bakery — 2.2 km NW (Lauzun)Food shop — 2.2 km NW (Lauzun)Pharmacy — 2.2 km NW (Lauzun)
GP — 0.6 km SPrimary school — 1.9 km NWBakery — 2.2 km NWFood shop — 2.2 km NWPharmacy — 2.2 km NW 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 (Lauzun): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lauzun): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Lauzun): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Lauzun): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the DOUZAINS weather station, 6.8 km away at 136 m; the village itself is at 97 m. [10]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at DOUZAINS, 6.8 km away at 136 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47235/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47235/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47235/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47235/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47142
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47235
  10. 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
Athée53380 km N45114.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière19104 km NE38916.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 38 %
Vievy-le-Rayé41367 km N47010.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 72 %
Artaix71330 km NE35312.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 49 %
Sainte-Colombe-de-Villeneuve4732 km SE49616.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 %
Chazemais03262 km NE50423Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 68 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Colombe-de-Villeneuve4732 km SE49616.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière19104 km NE38916.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 38 %
Chazemais03262 km NE50423Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 68 %
Artaix71330 km NE35312.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 49 %
Vievy-le-Rayé41367 km N47010.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 72 %
Athée53380 km N45114.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 81 %

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