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Villeneuve-de-Duras

Lot-et-Garonne · CC du Pays de Duras · INSEE 47321

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

Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villeneuve-de-Duras (INSEE 47321) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC du Pays de Duras. Population 315 (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/47321-villeneuve-de-duras

Vitality score

Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,949 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.79107.91
Housing mix0.6253.12

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 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERVÉ JEUNIEAUX, MÉDECIN). [4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLENEUVE DE DURAS AP). [4]

1 × Hairdresser. [4,3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)1HERVÉ JEUNIEAUX, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1VILLENEUVE DE DURAS APINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 303 peak 2017: 319 2023: 315 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 315 (2012) → 315 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 244 (1990) → 315 (2023): 29.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 18.8 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.6 km E (Loubès-Bernac)Bakery — 6.9 km SE (Saint-Jean-de-Duras)Pharmacy — 10.0 km N (Pineuilh)
In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 4.6 km EBakery — 6.9 km SEPharmacy — 10.0 km N 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 (Saint-Jean-de-Duras): 6.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Loubès-Bernac): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Villeneuve-de-Duras): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Pineuilh): 10 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Villeneuve-de-Duras): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the DURAS weather station, 6.6 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 103 m. [12]

An average of 794 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at DURAS, 6.6 km away at 112 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47321/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47321/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47321/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47321/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47247
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47151
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47321
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33324
  12. 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
Saint-Georges-de-Montclard2437 km NE27022.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Montigny18336 km NE31617No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs23197 km NE34022.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 12 %
Marçais18273 km NE30817.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux19187 km NE29324.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 12 %
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé72321 km N33718.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 80 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Georges-de-Montclard2437 km NE27022.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux19187 km NE29324.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 12 %
Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs23197 km NE34022.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 12 %
Marçais18273 km NE30817.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé72321 km N33718.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 80 %
Montigny18336 km NE31617No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 89 %

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