Bournazel

Identity

Bournazel (INSEE 12031) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC du Pays Rignacois. Population 327 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/12031-bournazel

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,995 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.

Services

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

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU DONJON · LA CROSTADA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOURNAZEL RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOURNAZEL). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MATHAT). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 319 (2012) → 327 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 298 (1990) → 327 (2023): 9.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 213, of which 28.2 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Rignac): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Rignac): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montbazens): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rignac): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bournazel): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTBAZENS weather station, 6.7 km away at 400 m; the village itself is at 514 m. ^[12]

The village sits 114 m above 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 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at RODEZ-AVEYRON, 15.7 km away at 578 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 64 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 969 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTBAZENS, 6.7 km away at 400 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12031/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/31/af933638-ec6e-3499-a1f5-ad4076073757— “Les commerçants ambulants reprennent leur place habituelle, sur l’ancien parking en dessous de la mairie, tous les mercredis, à compter du 09/09/2026.”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12031/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12031/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12031/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12199
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12148
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12031
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024