Morlhon-le-Haut
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Morlhon-le-Haut (INSEE 12159) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Ouest Aveyron Communauté. Population 555 (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 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 48 % of the 17,496 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 | 0.55 | 10 | 5.45 |
| Housing mix | 0.79 | 5 | 3.94 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L'ALAMBIC). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MORLHON-LE-HAUT). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE SOPHIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 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 | L'ALAMBIC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MORLHON-LE-HAUT | 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 | LE SALON DE SOPHIE | 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 | 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
Population 569 (2012) → 555 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 531 (1990) → 555 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 10.6 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villefranche-de-Rouergue): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villefranche-de-Rouergue): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Villefranche-de-Rouergue): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Villefranche-de-Rouergue): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Morlhon-le-Haut): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE weather station, 6.1 km away at 330 m; the village itself is at 531 m. [10]
The village sits 201 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 VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 6.1 km away at 330 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 201 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 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 6.1 km away at 330 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12159/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12159/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12159/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12159/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12300
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12159
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serley | 71 | 367 km NE | 600 | 29 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 % |
| Esquiule | 64 | 256 km SW | 522 | 31.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 % |
| Cherier | 42 | 233 km NE | 523 | 27.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
| Trézioux | 63 | 191 km NE | 502 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Loscouët-sur-Meu | 22 | 542 km NW | 659 | 28 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Almont-les-Junies | 12 | 35 km NE | 437 | 26.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almont-les-Junies | 12 | 35 km NE | 437 | 26.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 % |
| Trézioux | 63 | 191 km NE | 502 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cherier | 42 | 233 km NE | 523 | 27.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
| Esquiule | 64 | 256 km SW | 522 | 31.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 % |
| Serley | 71 | 367 km NE | 600 | 29 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 % |
| Loscouët-sur-Meu | 22 | 542 km NW | 659 | 28 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Morlhon-le-Haut'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trézioux | 63 | 191 km NE | 502 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montipouret | 36 | 259 km N | 616 | 22 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Uxeau | 71 | 302 km NE | 486 | 21.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aurouër | 03 | 280 km N | 400 | 34.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Anzy-le-Duc | 71 | 271 km NE | 419 | 23.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Cour-Marigny | 45 | 399 km N | 379 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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