La Cavalerie

Aveyron · CC Larzac et Vallées · INSEE 12063

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 63.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Cavalerie (INSEE 12063) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Larzac et Vallées. Population 2,223 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/12063-la-cavalerie

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 8,901 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.8	20	16.02
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DES RAMPARTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FERME D'AMBIAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR SUPERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LE BONHEUR ET DANS LE SUD · AUBERGE LE CEVENOL · CAFE DE LA POSTE · BOUL'PIZZA · LAOZA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA TERRASSE DES REMPARTS · L'ILOT). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-BERNADETTE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU LARZAC). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC FERRAND, MÉDECIN · SANDRINE JAMAY, MÉDECIN · BIRANTHAABAN SIVAKUMAR, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN COMBES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU LARZAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × GP (médecin généraliste).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DES RAMPARTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	FERME D'AMBIAS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR SUPERMARCHE	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	7	LE BONHEUR ET DANS LE SUD · AUBERGE LE CEVENOL · CAFE DE LA POSTE · BOUL'PIZZA · LAOZA	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA TERRASSE DES REMPARTS · L'ILOT	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-BERNADETTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DU LARZAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	MARC FERRAND, MÉDECIN · SANDRINE JAMAY, MÉDECIN · BIRANTHAABAN SIVAKUMAR, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN COMBES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU LARZAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CAVALERIE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Saturday 8h à 13h Espace Robert Muret. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 734 2023: 2,223 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,058 (2012) → 2,223 (2023): 110.1 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 701 (1990) → 2,223 (2023): 217.1 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 689, of which 11.8 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.9 km WFood shop — 0.9 km W 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 (La Cavalerie): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (La Cavalerie): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (La Cavalerie): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Cavalerie): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Cavalerie): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 71.9

Muggy days a summer 0

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MILLAU-LARZAC_SAPC weather station, 3 km away at 794 m; the village itself is at 794 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CORNUS, 10 km away at 718 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 76 m below 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 987 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA CAVALERIE, 0.4 km away at 790 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 — 12063/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.lacavalerie.fr/vie-locale/services/— “Tous les samedi matin de 8h à 13h”
DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/31/e465e867-414e-3075-b307-9f33eb8633d3— “Marché traditionnel tous les samedis de l'année à l'Espace Robert Muret.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12063/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12063/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12063/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12063
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
Mérindol	84	166 km E	2,283	65.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 22 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Just-Luzac	17	386 km NW	2,136	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 32 % · humidity 43 %
Sizun	29	741 km NW	2,325	64.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Maurs	15	109 km NW	2,174	66.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 %
Rugles	27	567 km N	2,199	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 89 %
Roquecourbe	81	79 km SW	2,172	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Roquecourbe	81	79 km SW	2,172	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Maurs	15	109 km NW	2,174	66.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 %
Mérindol	84	166 km E	2,283	65.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 22 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Just-Luzac	17	386 km NW	2,136	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 32 % · humidity 43 %
Rugles	27	567 km N	2,199	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 89 %
Sizun	29	741 km NW	2,325	64.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 31 % · 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 Cavalerie'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
Granges-Aumontzey	88	538 km NE	2,529	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Haybes	08	678 km N	1,794	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saulieu	21	373 km N	2,216	66.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lérouville	55	562 km N	1,358	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Orbey	68	552 km NE	3,429	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-en-Haut	69	214 km NE	3,942	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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