Canet-de-Salars

Aveyron · CC de Lévézou Pareloup · INSEE 12050

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

Few services 26.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Canet-de-Salars (INSEE 12050) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC de Lévézou Pareloup. Population 451 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,929 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.52	10	5.25
Housing mix	0.02	5	0.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CANET DE SALARS RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (PASSION COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING LA RETENUE DE PARELOUP · CAMPING DU SOLEIL LEVANT · CIELA VILLAGE LE CAUSSANEL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	CANET DE SALARS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PASSION COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	3	CAMPING LA RETENUE DE PARELOUP · CAMPING DU SOLEIL LEVANT · CIELA VILLAGE LE CAUSSANEL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 510 2023: 451 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 422 (2012) → 451 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 440 (1990) → 451 (2023): 2.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 454, of which 49.1 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.3 km NFood shop — 6.3 km SEGP — 6.5 km NWPharmacy — 6.5 km SE 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 (Pont-de-Salars): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Salles-Curan): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pont-de-Salars): 6.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Salles-Curan): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Canet-de-Salars): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.5

Days at or below 0 °C 62.4

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CANET-DE-SALARS_SAPC weather station, 1.2 km away at 860 m; the village itself is at 860 m. ^[11]

An average of 960 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CANET-DE-SALARS_SAPC, 1.2 km away at 860 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 — 12050/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12050/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12050/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12050/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12050
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
Cuzion	36	265 km N	476	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Vivario	2B	568 km E	409	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 45 %
La Souche	07	123 km E	385	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 46 %
Aulas	30	72 km E	456	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 70 %
Arcens	07	145 km NE	346	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Marignac	31	224 km SW	474	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aulas	30	72 km E	456	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 70 %
La Souche	07	123 km E	385	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 46 %
Arcens	07	145 km NE	346	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Marignac	31	224 km SW	474	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Cuzion	36	265 km N	476	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Vivario	2B	568 km E	409	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 45 %

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