Gabriac

Aveyron · CC Comtal Lot et Truyère · INSEE 12106

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

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gabriac (INSEE 12106) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Comtal Lot et Truyère. Population 561 (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/12106-gabriac

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 17,411 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.89	10	8.92
Housing mix	0.4	5	2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LACAN JEAN). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GABRIAC 370 ROUTE DE BOZOULS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LACAN JEAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	1	GABRIAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GABRIAC 370 ROUTE DE BOZOULS	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 518 2023: 561 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 501 (2012) → 561 (2023): 12 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 403 (1990) → 561 (2023): 39.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 350, of which 30 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.2 km WPharmacy — 5.5 km WGP — 5.6 km NW 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 (Gabriac): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bozouls): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bozouls): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bozouls): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gabriac): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.8

Days at or below 0 °C 79.7

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-COME-D'OLT weather station, 7.4 km away at 380 m; the village itself is at 575 m. ^[10]

The village sits 195 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-COME-D'OLT, 7.4 km away at 380 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 195 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,014 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ESPALION, 7.1 km away at 360 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12106/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12106/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12106/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12106/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12106
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12033
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
Saint-Paul-la-Roche	24	181 km NW	542	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Naillat	23	221 km NW	687	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Plufur	22	671 km NW	529	27	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Arquian	58	344 km N	540	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fay	71	316 km NE	616	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Jullianges	43	123 km NE	426	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 49 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jullianges	43	123 km NE	426	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 49 %
Saint-Paul-la-Roche	24	181 km NW	542	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Naillat	23	221 km NW	687	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fay	71	316 km NE	616	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Arquian	58	344 km N	540	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Plufur	22	671 km NW	529	27	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Gabriac'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
Castelnau-de-Mandailles	12	12 km NE	565	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Boucé	03	215 km N	507	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lunac	12	59 km SW	435	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sanvensa	12	62 km W	643	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lassouts	12	6.8 km NE	318	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Leynhac	15	50 km NW	297	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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