La Couvertoirade

Identity

La Couvertoirade (INSEE 12082) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Larzac et Vallées. Population 210 (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/12082-la-couvertoirade

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 16,281 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DOUCEURS ET VITAMINES). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (L'HOSPITALIER · L'AUBERGE DU CHAT PERCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES REMPARTS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA BLAQUERERIE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA COUVERTOIRADE LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE LES CANOLES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 177 (2012) → 210 (2023): 18.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 148 (1990) → 210 (2023): 41.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 212, of which 43.4 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Caylar): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Couvertoirade): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Soubès): 16.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-du-Bruel): 12.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Le Caylar): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CORNUS weather station, 10 km away at 718 m; the village itself is at 778 m. ^[12]

The village sits 60 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CORNUS, 10 km away at 718 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 60 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 974 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CORNUS, 10 km away at 718 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12082/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12082/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12082/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12082/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34064
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12082
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34304
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12231
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024