Fondamente

Aveyron · CC Larzac et Vallées · INSEE 12155

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

Few services 29.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fondamente (INSEE 12155) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Larzac et Vallées. Population 318 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,908 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.51	10	5.06
Housing mix	0.13	5	0.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FILLIET). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BREBIS EGAREE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING LE PAS DE CEILHES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	1	FILLIET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA BREBIS EGAREE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	FONDAMENTE 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING LE PAS DE CEILHES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 361 2023: 318 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 321 (2012) → 318 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 316 (1990) → 318 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 346, of which 43.6 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 7.4 km WGP — 14.9 km NPharmacy — 15.0 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 (Marnhagues-et-Latour): 7.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fondamente): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Cavalerie): 14.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Cavalerie): 15 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fondamente): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 75.5

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTPAON FONDAM weather station, 2.3 km away at 519 m; the village itself is at 473 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CORNUS, 7.5 km away at 718 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 245 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,196 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTPAON FONDAM, 2.3 km away at 519 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 — 12155/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12155/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12155/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12155/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12139
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12063
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-Jean-la-Vêtre	42	219 km N	303	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Troo	41	470 km N	309	27.4	Few services	no figures
Hures-la-Parade	48	45 km NE	242	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Magnat-l'Étrange	23	223 km N	236	30	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Gault-du-Perche	41	498 km N	320	23	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Mazeyrolles	24	190 km NW	307	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hures-la-Parade	48	45 km NE	242	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mazeyrolles	24	190 km NW	307	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre	42	219 km N	303	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Magnat-l'Étrange	23	223 km N	236	30	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Troo	41	470 km N	309	27.4	Few services	no figures
Le Gault-du-Perche	41	498 km N	320	23	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · 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 Fondamente'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
Châteauneuf-les-Bains	63	240 km N	301	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Prix	07	161 km NE	269	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ozenay	71	326 km NE	237	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Bournazel	12	92 km NW	327	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Néoux	23	237 km N	279	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Combret	12	36 km W	263	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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