Coubisou

Aveyron · CC Comtal Lot et Truyère · INSEE 12079

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

Few services 24.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coubisou (INSEE 12079) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Comtal Lot et Truyère. Population 462 (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/12079-coubisou

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,955 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	0.45	10	4.47
Housing mix	0.43	5	2.17

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 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COUBISOU 1814 ROUTE DE COUBISOU). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE 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 COUBISOU 1814 ROUTE DE COUBISOU	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: 571 2023: 462 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 516 (2012) → 462 (2023): -10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 488 (1990) → 462 (2023): -5.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 360, of which 28.3 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.7 km NWFood shop — 2.5 km SGP — 4.1 km SEBakery — 4.2 km SEPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Espalion): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Espalion): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Espalion): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Espalion): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Coubisou): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46▸

Days at or below 0 °C 65

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-COME-D'OLT weather station, 8.8 km away at 380 m; the village itself is at 378 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-COME-D'OLT, 8.8 km away at 380 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,014 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ESPALION, 5.2 km away at 360 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 — 12079/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12079/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12079/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12079/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12079
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
Lacapelle-Viescamp	15	55 km NW	528	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Viévy	21	309 km NE	364	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Molières	24	154 km W	370	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Isserteaux	63	133 km NE	416	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Rancon	87	213 km NW	475	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Duault	22	634 km NW	385	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lacapelle-Viescamp	15	55 km NW	528	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Isserteaux	63	133 km NE	416	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Molières	24	154 km W	370	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Rancon	87	213 km NW	475	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Viévy	21	309 km NE	364	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Duault	22	634 km NW	385	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · 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 Coubisou'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
Sébrazac	12	6.7 km SW	538	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-la-Coste	30	108 km SE	324	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat	04	261 km E	532	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Fox-Amphoux	83	289 km E	504	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
La Roque-sur-Pernes	84	200 km E	437	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Forgès	19	95 km NW	263	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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