La Cresse

Aveyron · CC de Millau Grands Causses · INSEE 12086

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

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Cresse (INSEE 12086) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC de Millau Grands Causses. Population 333 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/12086-la-cresse

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,999 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	5	0
Population trend	0.81	10	8.06
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SARL LA TINDELLE · LA CERISE QUI RIT - MIAM). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (MEL S'EN MELE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE PAPILLON). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	2	SARL LA TINDELLE · LA CERISE QUI RIT - MIAM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	MEL S'EN MELE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LE PAPILLON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 239 2023: 333 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 329 (2012) → 333 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 255 (1990) → 333 (2023): 30.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 210, of which 18.1 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km NFood shop — 1.1 km NGP — 1.3 km NPharmacy — 3.6 km SW 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 (Rivière-sur-Tarn): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rivière-sur-Tarn): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rivière-sur-Tarn): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aguessac): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Cresse): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.3

Days at or below 0 °C 26.6

Muggy days a summer 1

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MILLAU weather station, 11 km away at 712 m; the village itself is at 398 m. ^[11]

The village sits 314 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MILLAU, 11 km away at 712 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 314 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 694 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MILLAU, 11 km away at 712 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 — 12086/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12086/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12086/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12086/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12002
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12086
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
Fouday	67	565 km NE	333	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saleich	31	216 km SW	335	24.1	Few services	no figures
Sailly	78	550 km N	354	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Veyssilieu	38	235 km NE	328	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Vauxrenard	69	255 km NE	311	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Salasc	34	64 km S	357	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Salasc	34	64 km S	357	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Saleich	31	216 km SW	335	24.1	Few services	no figures
Veyssilieu	38	235 km NE	328	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Vauxrenard	69	255 km NE	311	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Sailly	78	550 km N	354	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Fouday	67	565 km NE	333	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · 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 La Cresse'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
Portes	30	72 km E	320	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Généroux	79	394 km NW	340	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Barcelonne	26	171 km NE	335	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Ozon	07	172 km NE	382	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Salles	79	352 km NW	323	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pons	07	124 km E	308	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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