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Auriac-Lagast

Aveyron · CC du Réquistanais · INSEE 12015

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Auriac-Lagast (INSEE 12015) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC du Réquistanais. Population 228 (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/12015-auriac-lagast

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 16,725 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.22102.24
Housing mix0.4752.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AURIAC LAGAST AP). [3]

1 × Library (DEPÔT D'AURIAC-LAGAST). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1AURIAC LAGAST APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1DEPÔT D'AURIAC-LAGASTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 524 2023: 228 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 234 (2012) → 228 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 315 (1990) → 228 (2023): -27.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 26.5 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.0 km N (Salmiech)Primary school — 4.1 km N (Salmiech)GP — 4.2 km N (Salmiech)Pharmacy — 4.2 km N (Salmiech)Bakery — 5.3 km SW (La Selve)
Food shop — 4.0 km NPrimary school — 4.1 km NGP — 4.2 km NPharmacy — 4.2 km NBakery — 5.3 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 (La Selve): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Salmiech): 4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Salmiech): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Salmiech): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Salmiech): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the DURENQUE_SAPC weather station, 6.4 km away at 812 m; the village itself is at 699 m. [10]

The village sits 113 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 977 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ARVIEU, 4 km away at 733 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12015/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12015/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12015/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12015/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12267
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12255
  10. 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
Lesparrou09146 km S23610.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Latouille-Lentillac4693 km NW24715.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 93 %
Cheissoux87201 km N23113.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux71322 km N2329.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 61 %
Champsanglard23243 km N25315.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Domeyrot23236 km N22910.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 36 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Latouille-Lentillac4693 km NW24715.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 93 %
Lesparrou09146 km S23610.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Cheissoux87201 km N23113.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 66 %
Domeyrot23236 km N22910.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 36 %
Champsanglard23243 km N25315.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux71322 km N2329.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 61 %

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