Foissac

Aveyron · CC Ouest Aveyron Communauté · INSEE 12104

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

Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Foissac (INSEE 12104) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Ouest Aveyron Communauté. Population 454 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,939 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.92	10	9.23
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.12

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 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]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FOISSAC). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (RELAIS DE FREJEROQUES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	FOISSAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FOISSAC	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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	RELAIS DE FREJEROQUES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 275 peak 2017: 476 2023: 454 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 450 (2012) → 454 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 319 (1990) → 454 (2023): 42.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 277, of which 18.8 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.8 km NEFood shop — 4.7 km WPharmacy — 8.5 km SGP — 8.6 km S 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 (Causse-et-Diège): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Ambeyrac): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Villeneuve): 8.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve): 8.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Foissac): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.2

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the VILLENEUVE weather station, 4.9 km away at 353 m; the village itself is at 347 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 15.5 km away at 330 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at VILLENEUVE, 4.9 km away at 353 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/31/82f2c551-c591-38ff-865c-071239622af7— “Marché hebdomadaire de Foissac”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12257
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12007
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12104
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
Montchal	42	233 km NE	512	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saulzais-le-Potier	18	235 km N	472	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Front-la-Rivière	24	147 km NW	511	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Crézancy-en-Sancerre	18	316 km N	417	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Coulongé	72	380 km N	506	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-l'Enfantier	19	96 km NW	410	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bonnet-l'Enfantier	19	96 km NW	410	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Front-la-Rivière	24	147 km NW	511	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Montchal	42	233 km NE	512	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saulzais-le-Potier	18	235 km N	472	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Crézancy-en-Sancerre	18	316 km N	417	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Coulongé	72	380 km N	506	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Foissac'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
Salles-Courbatiès	12	7.2 km SE	480	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Marquixanes	66	212 km S	599	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lanquais	24	111 km W	506	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-sur-Vère	81	57 km S	528	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Dunière-sur-Eyrieux	07	213 km E	437	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Espira-de-Conflent	66	214 km S	227	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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