Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 60.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot (INSEE 47280) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC Fumel Vallée du Lot. Population 2,397 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/47280-saint-sylvestre-sur-lot
Vitality score
Vitality score 60.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).
Better served than 92 % of the 8,499 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 | 0.52 | 25 | 13.03 |
| Social | 0.78 | 20 | 15.5 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.68 | 10 | 6.75 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.49 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DES ARCADES · LE FOURNIL SYLVESTROIS). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU LOT). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (LA SQUADRA · ENTRE SALE ET SUCRE · PIZZAB). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE BUFFET DU LOT). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTOPHE QUILLET, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE TAFFORET, MÉDECIN · DIDIER REYNES, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT SYLVESTRE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
4 × Bank (AGENCE ST SYLVESTRE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · BANQUE POPULAIRE OCCITANE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE PENNE D'AGENAIS). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (PREVOST · LE SALON DE VANESSA). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (LE STELSIA). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE SABLON). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | BOULANGERIE DES ARCADES · LE FOURNIL SYLVESTROIS | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE DU LOT | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 5 | LA SQUADRA · ENTRE SALE ET SUCRE · PIZZAB | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE BUFFET DU LOT | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | CHRISTOPHE QUILLET, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE TAFFORET, MÉDECIN · DIDIER REYNES, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE SAINT SYLVESTRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | AGENCE ST SYLVESTRE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · BANQUE POPULAIRE OCCITANE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE PENNE D'AGENAIS | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 3 | PREVOST · LE SALON DE VANESSA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | LE STELSIA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LE SABLON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Saturday Place du Marché. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,296 (2012) → 2,397 (2023): 4.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,040 (1990) → 2,397 (2023): 17.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,344, of which 5.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Penne-d'Agenais): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SAINT-SYLVESTRE weather station, 4.5 km away at 136 m; the village itself is at 59 m. [11]
The village sits 77 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at SAINTE-LIVRADE-SUR-LOT, 15.7 km away at 49 m, over 21 summers. [11]
An average of 755 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SAINT-SYLVESTRE, 4.5 km away at 136 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
152 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 152,750 € — 1,496 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Lot-et-Garonne is 1,182 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47280/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saintsylvestresurlot.com/page-les-marches-169.html— “Tous les mercredis et les samedis matin, Place du Marché.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47280/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47280/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47280/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 47203
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 47280
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine | 38 | 398 km E | 2,392 | 63.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 % |
| Gamaches | 80 | 624 km N | 2,397 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Germain-du-Plain | 71 | 414 km NE | 2,362 | 65.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Renazé | 53 | 404 km N | 2,504 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 % |
| Andouillé | 53 | 438 km N | 2,321 | 61.1 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 % |
| Epfig | 67 | 674 km NE | 2,263 | 57.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine | 38 | 398 km E | 2,392 | 63.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 % |
| Renazé | 53 | 404 km N | 2,504 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 % |
| Saint-Germain-du-Plain | 71 | 414 km NE | 2,362 | 65.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Andouillé | 53 | 438 km N | 2,321 | 61.1 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 % |
| Gamaches | 80 | 624 km N | 2,397 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
| Epfig | 67 | 674 km NE | 2,263 | 57.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot'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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavardac | 47 | 47 km SW | 2,307 | 52.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Castelculier | 47 | 26 km S | 2,382 | 66.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze | 31 | 126 km S | 2,277 | 54.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lanta | 31 | 115 km SE | 2,283 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Caraman | 31 | 123 km SE | 2,513 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ayguesvives | 31 | 124 km SE | 2,812 | 63.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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