Cornus

Identity

Cornus (INSEE 12077) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Larzac et Vallées. Population 512 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/12077-cornus

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,733 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CHAPELLE CAFE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LARZAC ET VALLÉES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU NORD). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 500 (2012) → 512 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 345 (1990) → 512 (2023): 48.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 454, of which 34.6 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Caylar): 11.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cornus): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Cavalerie): 11.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Cavalerie): 12 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cornus): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CORNUS weather station, 2.4 km away at 718 m; the village itself is at 646 m. ^[11]

The village sits 72 m below 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CORNUS, 2.4 km away at 718 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 72 m above 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 974 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CORNUS, 2.4 km away at 718 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12077/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12077/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12077/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12077/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34064
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12077
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12063
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024