Alrance

Aveyron · CC de Lévézou Pareloup · INSEE 12006

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

Few services 30.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Alrance (INSEE 12006) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC de Lévézou Pareloup. Population 335 (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/12006-alrance

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 18,043 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.22	10	2.16
Housing mix	0.33	5	1.64

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 (LE CHAUDRON). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CHAUDRON ALRANCE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES PIERRES BRUNES). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ALRANCE AGENCE POSTALE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES CANTARELLES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	LE CHAUDRON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CHAUDRON ALRANCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES PIERRES BRUNES	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	ALRANCE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ALRANCE AGENCE POSTALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES CANTARELLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 625 2023: 335 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 383 (2012) → 335 (2023): -12.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 468 (1990) → 335 (2023): -28.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 277, of which 33.6 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.1 km SFood shop — 5.1 km SGP — 5.2 km SPharmacy — 5.2 km S 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 (Villefranche-de-Panat): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villefranche-de-Panat): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villefranche-de-Panat): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villefranche-de-Panat): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Alrance): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.9

Days at or below 0 °C 47.2

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DURENQUE_SAPC weather station, 3.8 km away at 812 m; the village itself is at 762 m. ^[10]

The village sits 50 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

An average of 1,088 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DURENQUE_SAPC, 3.8 km away at 812 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12006/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12006/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12006/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12006/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12299
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12006
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
Maël-Pestivien	22	660 km NW	362	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Auriac-du-Périgord	24	164 km NW	397	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux	07	171 km NE	406	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 70 %
Junhac	15	67 km N	286	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Lupiac	32	207 km W	310	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 69 %
Borrèze	24	138 km NW	354	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Junhac	15	67 km N	286	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Borrèze	24	138 km NW	354	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 77 %
Auriac-du-Périgord	24	164 km NW	397	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux	07	171 km NE	406	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 70 %
Lupiac	32	207 km W	310	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 69 %
Maël-Pestivien	22	660 km NW	362	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %

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