Colombiès

Aveyron · CC Pays Ségali Communauté · INSEE 12068

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

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Colombiès (INSEE 12068) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Pays Ségali Communauté. Population 884 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 15,078 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.31	10	3.07
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.31

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 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Café / bar (LE SAINT CLAUDE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (COLOMBIES AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE PETIT MOULIN DE PERS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE SAINT CLAUDE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE	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	COLOMBIES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COLOMBIÈS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LE PETIT MOULIN DE PERS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,657 2023: 884 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 934 (2012) → 884 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,096 (1990) → 884 (2023): -19.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 590, of which 16.9 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.7 km NBakery — 4.9 km NGP — 7.5 km NWPharmacy — 8.2 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): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Belcastel): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rignac): 7.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rignac): 8.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Colombiès): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.6

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COLOMBIES weather station, 2.3 km away at 647 m; the village itself is at 683 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at RODEZ-AVEYRON, 13.4 km away at 578 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 105 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 982 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COLOMBIES, 2.3 km away at 647 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 — 12068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12199
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12068
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
Sainte-Croix	12	31 km W	734	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Thourie	35	489 km NW	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint Maurice Étusson	79	372 km NW	895	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Plounérin	22	650 km NW	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Rom	79	278 km NW	802	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Leuhan	29	629 km NW	846	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Croix	12	31 km W	734	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Rom	79	278 km NW	802	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Saint Maurice Étusson	79	372 km NW	895	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Thourie	35	489 km NW	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Leuhan	29	629 km NW	846	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Plounérin	22	650 km NW	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Colombiès'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
Thourie	35	489 km NW	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jal	19	129 km NW	594	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Verosvres	71	281 km NE	423	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Maillebois	28	485 km N	941	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre	23	233 km N	711	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Tréal	56	524 km NW	699	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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