Curières

Identity

Curières (INSEE 12088) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Aubrac, Carladez et Viadène. Population 215 (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/12088-curieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,431 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

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

2 × Restaurant (LES AIRELLES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE MIQUEL). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 224 (2012) → 215 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 285 (1990) → 215 (2023): -24.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 37.4 % second homes and 15 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Laguiole): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laguiole): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Laguiole): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Laguiole): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Laguiole): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LAGUIOLE weather station, 3.5 km away at 1,030 m; the village itself is at 947 m. ^[9]

The village sits 83 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at SA AUBRAC, 9.8 km away at 1,393 m, over 14 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 446 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,415 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LAGUIOLE, 3.5 km away at 1,030 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12088/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12088/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12088/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12088/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12119
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024