Balaguier-d'Olt
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Balaguier-d'Olt (INSEE 12018) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Grand-Figeac. Population 179 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 9.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 11 % of the 15,296 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.93 |
| Housing mix | 0.19 | 5 | 0.95 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (LA GRANGE DU HERON). [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, Post office / agence postale, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | LA GRANGE DU HERON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 136 (2012) → 179 (2023): 31.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 150 (1990) → 179 (2023): 19.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 153, of which 40.5 % second homes and 2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Causse-et-Diège): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ambeyrac): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Capdenac-Gare): 10.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Capdenac-Gare): 10.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Foissac): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the VILLENEUVE weather station, 7.5 km away at 353 m; the village itself is at 170 m. [12]
The village sits 183 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 17.3 km away at 330 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 160 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at VILLENEUVE, 7.5 km away at 353 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12018/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12018/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12018/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12018/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12257
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12007
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12052
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12104
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berbiguières | 24 | 81 km NW | 177 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Nadaillac-de-Rouge | 46 | 56 km NW | 180 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martial-Viveyrol | 24 | 159 km NW | 184 | 3.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sainte-Reine | 73 | 349 km E | 177 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chapelle-Guillaume | 28 | 408 km N | 181 | 6.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
| Anthien | 58 | 339 km NE | 173 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadaillac-de-Rouge | 46 | 56 km NW | 180 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Berbiguières | 24 | 81 km NW | 177 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Martial-Viveyrol | 24 | 159 km NW | 184 | 3.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Anthien | 58 | 339 km NE | 173 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Reine | 73 | 349 km E | 177 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chapelle-Guillaume | 28 | 408 km N | 181 | 6.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Balaguier-d'Olt'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginals | 82 | 36 km S | 203 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Christol-de-Rodières | 30 | 204 km E | 160 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Esclauzels | 46 | 30 km W | 224 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rochecolombe | 07 | 195 km E | 227 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lentillac-du-Causse | 46 | 27 km W | 107 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cézac | 46 | 55 km W | 179 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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