Belcastel

Aveyron · CC du Pays Rignacois · INSEE 12024

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

Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Belcastel (INSEE 12024) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC du Pays Rignacois. Population 189 (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/12024-belcastel

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 15,632 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.27	10	2.71
Housing mix	0.4	5	1.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU MOULIN DES GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ ANNA). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SNC JOSIANE ET EVELYNE COUDERC). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DU VIEUX PONT). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	1	AU MOULIN DES GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CHEZ ANNA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	SNC JOSIANE ET EVELYNE COUDERC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT DU VIEUX PONT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 280 2023: 189 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 216 (2012) → 189 (2023): -12.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 245 (1990) → 189 (2023): -22.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 166, of which 30.1 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 0.6 km NEPrimary school — 2.3 km EGP — 3.6 km NWPharmacy — 4.4 km NW 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 (Belcastel): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Belcastel): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rignac): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rignac): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mayran): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.8

Days at or below 0 °C 68

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BELCASTEL weather station, 0.4 km away at 444 m; the village itself is at 423 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at RODEZ-AVEYRON, 12 km away at 578 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 155 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,001 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BELCASTEL, 0.4 km away at 444 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 — 12024/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12024/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12024/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12024/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12199
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12142
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
Jayac	24	106 km NW	191	22	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Blanot	71	298 km NE	203	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vergt-de-Biron	24	122 km W	191	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Tourtouse	09	174 km SW	169	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Peumerit-Quintin	22	616 km NW	191	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-Anzeray	27	520 km N	193	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jayac	24	106 km NW	191	22	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Vergt-de-Biron	24	122 km W	191	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Tourtouse	09	174 km SW	169	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Blanot	71	298 km NE	203	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-Anzeray	27	520 km N	193	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 95 %
Peumerit-Quintin	22	616 km NW	191	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Belcastel'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
Blanot	71	298 km NE	203	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon	43	139 km NE	197	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Les Costes-Gozon	12	56 km SE	163	13.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Bazeuge	87	228 km NW	142	15.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sioniac	19	77 km NW	246	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Gigors-et-Lozeron	26	224 km E	225	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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