L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac

Aveyron · CC Larzac et Vallées · INSEE 12115

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

Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac (INSEE 12115) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Larzac et Vallées. Population 348 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 18,020 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.91	10	9.15
Housing mix	0.42	5	2.09

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 1 of 1

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

1 × Restaurant (RELAIS MILLAU LARZAC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (L HOSPITALET DU LARZAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (THE ORIGINALS ACCESS, HÔTEL RELAIS MILLAU SUD). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING AU TOUR DE L'AVEYRON). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1	RELAIS MILLAU LARZAC	INSEE BPE 1 / 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 ELEMENTAIRE 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	L HOSPITALET DU LARZAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	THE ORIGINALS ACCESS, HÔTEL RELAIS MILLAU SUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING AU TOUR DE L'AVEYRON	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 218 2023: 348 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 310 (2012) → 348 (2023): 12.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 246 (1990) → 348 (2023): 41.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 237, of which 29.1 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.8 km WGP — 5.1 km NWPharmacy — 5.2 km NWBakery — 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 (La Cavalerie): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Cavalerie): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Cavalerie): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 71.9

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MILLAU-LARZAC_SAPC weather station, 1.9 km away at 794 m; the village itself is at 754 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CORNUS, 5.7 km away at 718 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 915 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MILLAU-LARZAC_SAPC, 1.9 km away at 794 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 — 12115/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12115/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12115/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12115/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12063
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12220
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12115
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
Massaguel	81	99 km SW	347	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 45 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur	05	246 km E	382	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Sougères-en-Puisaye	89	399 km N	289	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Chalinargues	15	133 km N	304	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Charchilla	39	340 km NE	302	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Monestier-du-Percy	38	216 km NE	254	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Massaguel	81	99 km SW	347	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 45 % · humidity 21 %
Chalinargues	15	133 km N	304	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Monestier-du-Percy	38	216 km NE	254	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur	05	246 km E	382	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Charchilla	39	340 km NE	302	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Sougères-en-Puisaye	89	399 km N	289	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · 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 L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac'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
Hohrod	68	546 km NE	349	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Fontanières	23	243 km N	260	17.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Coulonges-Cohan	02	582 km N	443	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Montanges	01	318 km NE	369	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chesley	10	451 km N	293	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrepont	02	633 km N	341	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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