La Capelle-Balaguier

Aveyron · CC Ouest Aveyron Communauté · INSEE 12053

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

Few services 31.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Capelle-Balaguier (INSEE 12053) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Ouest Aveyron Communauté. Population 346 (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 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 18,035 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.91	10	9.07
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (CROQ'N ROLL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CAPELLE-BALAGUIER). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	CROQ'N ROLL	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU CAUSSE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CAPELLE-BALAGUIER	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE 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: 206 2023: 346 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 289 (2012) → 346 (2023): 19.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 246 (1990) → 346 (2023): 40.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 15.4 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 7.4 km EPharmacy — 7.4 km EGP — 7.5 km EBakery — 7.6 km E 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 (Villeneuve): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villeneuve): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villeneuve): 7.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Capelle-Balaguier): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.2

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLENEUVE weather station, 8.6 km away at 353 m; the village itself is at 388 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 10 km away at 330 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 58 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLENEUVE, 8.6 km away at 353 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12053
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
La Thuile	73	346 km E	353	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Fontaine-Chaalis	60	530 km N	318	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Laroquevieille	15	80 km NE	350	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-aux-Bois	60	551 km N	345	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Couzon	03	264 km N	328	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Lagruère	47	134 km W	351	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laroquevieille	15	80 km NE	350	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Lagruère	47	134 km W	351	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Couzon	03	264 km N	328	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
La Thuile	73	346 km E	353	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Fontaine-Chaalis	60	530 km N	318	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-aux-Bois	60	551 km N	345	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · 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 La Capelle-Balaguier'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
Chambornay-lès-Pin	70	445 km NE	393	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Salzuit	43	149 km NE	330	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rémy	12	9.2 km SE	310	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Auberives-en-Royans	38	275 km E	367	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Ailhon	07	192 km E	553	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Belmont-Tramonet	73	320 km NE	505	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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