Varès

Lot-et-Garonne · CA Val de Garonne Agglomération · INSEE 47316

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

Few services 38.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varès (INSEE 47316) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CA Val de Garonne Agglomération. Population 655 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 38.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 16,732 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	25	0
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.46	10	4.63
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 (LA FRITE DU 47). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DU STADE · CAFE DU SATDE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VARES RP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (HAIR C COIFF'). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LA FRITE DU 47	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DU STADE · CAFE DU SATDE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	VARES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	HAIR C COIFF'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 420 peak 1999: 691 2023: 655 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 626 (2012) → 655 (2023): 4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 680 (1990) → 655 (2023): -3.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 1.5 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km NWBakery — 5.0 km SWGP — 5.4 km SWPharmacy — 5.5 km SW 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 (Tonneins): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gontaud-de-Nogaret): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tonneins): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tonneins): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Varès): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35

Days at or below 0 °C 39.2

Muggy days a summer 10.1▸

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VERTEUIL weather station, 6.3 km away at 81 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOURRAN-INRAE, 11.6 km away at 55 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

An average of 815 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VERTEUIL, 6.3 km away at 81 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47316/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47316/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47316/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47316/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47110
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47316
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
Sainte-Juliette-sur-Viaur	12	174 km E	645	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 58 %
Sept-Saulx	51	603 km NE	691	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 %
Occagnes	61	485 km N	671	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Estrées-Mons	80	638 km N	594	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Rollot	80	600 km N	755	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Inchy-en-Artois	62	671 km N	575	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Juliette-sur-Viaur	12	174 km E	645	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 58 %
Occagnes	61	485 km N	671	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Rollot	80	600 km N	755	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Sept-Saulx	51	603 km NE	691	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 %
Estrées-Mons	80	638 km N	594	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Inchy-en-Artois	62	671 km N	575	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Varès'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
Fauguerolles	47	8.6 km W	822	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Pauilhac	32	65 km S	596	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Laglorieuse	40	87 km SW	626	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Capens	31	141 km SE	637	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Avit	40	84 km SW	684	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pujo-le-Plan	40	84 km SW	641	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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