Lacroix-Barrez

Aveyron · CC Aubrac, Carladez et Viadène · INSEE 12118

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

Partly served 46.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lacroix-Barrez (INSEE 12118) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Aubrac, Carladez et Viadène. Population 531 (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/12118-lacroix-barrez

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,610 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.43	10	4.25
Housing mix	0.47	5	2.33

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BARBANCE DAVID). ^[3]

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

1 × Restaurant (LA COULEE DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BARREZIEN). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LACROIX-BARREZ). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, 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)	1	SARL BARBANCE DAVID	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CONDAMINES	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	1	LA COULEE DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BARREZIEN	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	LACROIX BARREZ AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LACROIX-BARREZ	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 662 2023: 531 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 475 (2012) → 531 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 574 (1990) → 531 (2023): -7.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 434, of which 26.7 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 7.5 km NGP — 7.5 km NPharmacy — 7.5 km N 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 (Mur-de-Barrez): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lacroix-Barrez): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mur-de-Barrez): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mur-de-Barrez): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lacroix-Barrez): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.9

Days at or below 0 °C 61

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BROMMAT weather station, 4.2 km away at 732 m; the village itself is at 772 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALPUECH, 18.5 km away at 1,107 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 335 m above 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 1,144 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BROMMAT, 4.2 km away at 732 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 — 12118/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12118/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12118/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12118/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12164
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12118
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
Mialet	24	161 km NW	628	51.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Le Nayrac	12	18 km S	555	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Siran	15	45 km NW	467	38.2	Few services	no figures
Saint-Constant-Fournoulès	15	34 km W	579	53	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Mauroux	46	131 km W	580	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Gras	07	155 km E	591	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Nayrac	12	18 km S	555	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Constant-Fournoulès	15	34 km W	579	53	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Siran	15	45 km NW	467	38.2	Few services	no figures
Mauroux	46	131 km W	580	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Gras	07	155 km E	591	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Mialet	24	161 km NW	628	51.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · 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 Lacroix-Barrez'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
Treignat	03	176 km N	434	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Chalvignac	15	60 km NW	450	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Méasnes	23	194 km N	522	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères	69	219 km NE	368	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moutier-Malcard	23	187 km N	558	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers-Saint-Benoît	89	337 km N	427	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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