Soumensac

Identity

Soumensac (INSEE 47303) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC du Pays de Duras. Population 224 (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/47303-soumensac

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 16,663 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 243 (2012) → 224 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 217 (1990) → 224 (2023): 3.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 171, of which 24 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Jean-de-Duras): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Sauvetat-du-Dropt): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Loubès-Bernac): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Eymet): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Soumensac): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the DURAS weather station, 9.5 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 173 m. ^[13]

The village sits 61 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MAUVEZIN-SUR-GUPIE, 19.4 km away at 95 m, over 11 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 78 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ALLEMANS-DU-DRO, 7.4 km away at 41 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

18 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 155,000 € — 1,283 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Lot-et-Garonne is 1,182 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[14]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47303/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47303/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47303/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47303/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47247
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47290
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47151
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24167
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47303
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025