Najac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Najac (INSEE 12167) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Ouest Aveyron Communauté. Population 771 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/12167-najac
Vitality score
Vitality score 54.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 94 % of the 15,864 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.47 |
| Social | 0.93 | 20 | 18.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.51 | 10 | 5.07 |
| Housing mix | 0.18 | 5 | 0.9 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (S.E.E DELMUR). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL BROCOLIBRE). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (L'OUSTAL DEL BARRY · IL CAPPELLO · LA SALAMANDRE · RESTAURANT TARTINES ET COMPAGNIE · CHAMBRES D'HOTES DE LA BASTIDE). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (NAJAC EPICERIE DU COIN RLP RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE NAJAC). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). [3]
2 × Hotel (BELLE RIVE HOTEL · HOTEL L'OUSTAL DEL BARRY). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PAISSEROU · CAMPING DES ETOILES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | S.E.E DELMUR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | SARL BROCOLIBRE | 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 | 9 | L'OUSTAL DEL BARRY · IL CAPPELLO · LA SALAMANDRE · RESTAURANT TARTINES ET COMPAGNIE · CHAMBRES D'HOTES DE LA BASTIDE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | NAJAC EPICERIE DU COIN RLP RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE NAJAC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE OMNISPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | BELLE RIVE HOTEL · HOTEL L'OUSTAL DEL BARRY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING LE PAISSEROU · CAMPING DES ETOILES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Sunday le matin place du Faubourg. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 731 (2012) → 771 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 766 (1990) → 771 (2023): 0.7 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 943, of which 41 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Najac): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Najac): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
GP (La Fouillade): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (La Fouillade): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Najac): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the MONTEILS weather station, 5.2 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 291 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 17.3 km away at 330 m, over 30 summers. [12]
An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at MONTEILS, 5.2 km away at 268 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
98 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 133,500 € — 1,339 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Aveyron is 1,239 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [13]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12167/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://najac.fr/— “Chaque dimanche matin , profitez de son march é qui anime la place du Faubourg toute l'année”
- DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/31/59c56cf5-5479-3de7-a0ca-97559ef990d9— “Marché de Najac le dimanche matin.”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12167/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12167/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12167/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12167
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12105
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon | 04 | 344 km E | 786 | 63 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 53 % |
| Massegros Causses Gorges | 48 | 96 km E | 935 | 57.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| Brassy | 58 | 371 km NE | 603 | 51.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
| Arvieu | 12 | 55 km E | 774 | 56.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 80 % |
| Marcillac-la-Croisille | 19 | 117 km N | 857 | 59.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 99 % |
| Coly-Saint-Amand | 24 | 110 km NW | 640 | 46.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvieu | 12 | 55 km E | 774 | 56.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 80 % |
| Massegros Causses Gorges | 48 | 96 km E | 935 | 57.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| Coly-Saint-Amand | 24 | 110 km NW | 640 | 46.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marcillac-la-Croisille | 19 | 117 km N | 857 | 59.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 99 % |
| Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon | 04 | 344 km E | 786 | 63 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 53 % |
| Brassy | 58 | 371 km NE | 603 | 51.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 72 % · 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 Najac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Constant-Fournoulès | 15 | 56 km N | 579 | 53 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Bollène-Vésubie | 06 | 428 km E | 662 | 54.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Eyzies | 24 | 111 km NW | 1,134 | 62.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sébrazac | 12 | 64 km NE | 538 | 39.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vailhourles | 12 | 11 km NW | 648 | 37.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lacropte | 24 | 128 km NW | 699 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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