Lugan
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lugan (INSEE 12134) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC du Plateau de Montbazens. Population 356 (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 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 40 % of the 18,059 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.64 | 10 | 6.37 |
| Housing mix | 0.65 | 5 | 3.25 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LUGAN FOYER-LOGEMENT). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LUGAN FOYER-LOGEMENT | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 341 (2012) → 356 (2023): 4.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 313 (1990) → 356 (2023): 13.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 217, of which 17.5 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montbazens): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Montbazens): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Montbazens): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Montbazens): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Montbazens): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the MONTBAZENS weather station, 3.2 km away at 400 m; the village itself is at 470 m. [9]
The village sits 70 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at RODEZ-AVEYRON, 19.4 km away at 578 m, over 28 summers. [9]
That station sits 108 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 969 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at MONTBAZENS, 3.2 km away at 400 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 — 12134/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12134/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12134/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12134/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12148
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montravers | 79 | 349 km NW | 365 | 25.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brenoux | 48 | 101 km E | 384 | 25.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Gué-de-l'Isle | 22 | 551 km NW | 372 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Radonvilliers | 10 | 464 km N | 320 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jussy | 89 | 374 km N | 351 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Privezac | 12 | 9.6 km SW | 350 | 32 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privezac | 12 | 9.6 km SW | 350 | 32 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brenoux | 48 | 101 km E | 384 | 25.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montravers | 79 | 349 km NW | 365 | 25.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jussy | 89 | 374 km N | 351 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Radonvilliers | 10 | 464 km N | 320 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Gué-de-l'Isle | 22 | 551 km NW | 372 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · 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 Lugan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jussy | 89 | 374 km N | 351 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Privezac | 12 | 9.6 km SW | 350 | 32 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Didier-la-Forêt | 03 | 212 km NE | 399 | 21.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bossieu | 38 | 250 km NE | 326 | 21.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Baulay | 70 | 467 km NE | 322 | 20 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Retschwiller | 67 | 656 km NE | 274 | 22.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
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