Estaing

Aveyron · CC Comtal Lot et Truyère · INSEE 12098

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 57.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Estaing (INSEE 12098) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Comtal Lot et Truyère. Population 502 (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/12098-estaing

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 17,778 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.25	10	2.55
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE VEYRE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (CAFE DU CHATEAU · CHEZ MON PERE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (A LA MAISON). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN BESSAC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D ESTAING). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ESTAING). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE SAINT-FLEURET). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA CHANTELLERIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE VEYRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CAFE DU CHATEAU · CHEZ MON PERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	A LA MAISON	INSEE SIRENE 3 [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)	1	ALAIN BESSAC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D ESTAING	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ESTAING AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ESTAING	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	1	AUBERGE SAINT-FLEURET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA CHANTELLERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 718 2023: 502 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 593 (2012) → 502 (2023): -15.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 665 (1990) → 502 (2023): -24.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 464, of which 30.4 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Estaing): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Estaing): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Estaing): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Estaing): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Estaing): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46▸

Days at or below 0 °C 48.3

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ENTRAYGUES SUR weather station, 12.4 km away at 292 m; the village itself is at 321 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST-COME-D'OLT, 13.1 km away at 380 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 59 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 1,086 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VILLECOMTAL, 8.4 km away at 318 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12098/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12098/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12098/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12098/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12098
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
Vézelay	89	334 km N	476	65.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sarrancolin	65	255 km SW	546	55.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	306 km N	499	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Lagrasse	11	163 km S	554	59.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %
Thiézac	15	51 km N	590	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Saulge	58	291 km N	650	57	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thiézac	15	51 km N	590	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Lagrasse	11	163 km S	554	59.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %
Sarrancolin	65	255 km SW	546	55.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Saulge	58	291 km N	650	57	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	306 km N	499	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Vézelay	89	334 km N	476	65.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · 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 Estaing'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
Villecomtal	12	8.7 km W	430	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Colombières-sur-Orb	34	112 km S	498	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Rasteau	84	187 km E	813	55.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gigondas	84	191 km E	448	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Claviers	83	328 km E	727	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vagnas	07	137 km E	636	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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