Palmas d'Aveyron
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 36.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Palmas d'Aveyron (INSEE 12177) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC des Causses à l'Aubrac. Population 1,026 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 2 former communes: Coussergues (12081), Cruéjouls (12087). [3]
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/12177-palmas-d-aveyron
Vitality score
Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 51 % of the 14,127 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.7 | 5 | 3.52 |
| Population trend | 0.88 | 10 | 8.75 |
| Housing mix | 0.52 | 5 | 2.61 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [4,5]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE). [4,5]
2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU VIEUX PONT · CHEZ ALEX). [4,5]
2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE PALMAS). [5]
2 × Post office / agence postale (COUSSERGUES AP · CRUEJOULS AP). [4]
3 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CRUÉJOULS · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COUSSERGUES LE BOURG · COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES DES CAUSSES À L'AUBRAC). [4]
2 × Hairdresser (MAURY AUDE). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | EPICERIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | AUBERGE DU VIEUX PONT · CHEZ ALEX | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CAFE DE PALMAS | INSEE SIRENE 2 [5] |
| 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 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | COUSSERGUES AP · CRUEJOULS AP | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Library | 3 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CRUÉJOULS · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COUSSERGUES LE BOURG · COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES DES CAUSSES À L'AUBRAC | INSEE BPE 3 [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 | 2 | MAURY AUDE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,038 (2012) → 1,026 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 746 (1990) → 1,026 (2023): 37.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 653, of which 23.9 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Laissac-Sévérac l'Église): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Laissac-Sévérac l'Église): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Laissac-Sévérac l'Église): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Laissac-Sévérac l'Église): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Laissac-Sévérac l'Église): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LAISSAC weather station, 1.1 km away at 599 m; the village itself is at 624 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST-COME-D'OLT, 13.4 km away at 380 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 244 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 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LAISSAC, 1.1 km away at 599 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 — 12177/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12177/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12177/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12177/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12120
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry | 36 | 329 km N | 886 | 40.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Chapelle-de-Brain | 35 | 520 km NW | 1,114 | 37.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 % |
| Commana | 29 | 686 km NW | 983 | 43.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roz-sur-Couesnon | 35 | 577 km NW | 1,059 | 29.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tréveneuc | 22 | 645 km NW | 813 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thilay | 08 | 627 km N | 958 | 39.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry | 36 | 329 km N | 886 | 40.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Chapelle-de-Brain | 35 | 520 km NW | 1,114 | 37.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roz-sur-Couesnon | 35 | 577 km NW | 1,059 | 29.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thilay | 08 | 627 km N | 958 | 39.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tréveneuc | 22 | 645 km NW | 813 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Commana | 29 | 686 km NW | 983 | 43.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 23 % · 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 Palmas d'Aveyron'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verzé | 71 | 265 km NE | 875 | 51.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chambles | 42 | 160 km NE | 1,075 | 43.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villegusien-le-Lac | 52 | 418 km NE | 1,000 | 31.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vincent | 43 | 119 km NE | 1,089 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arvillard | 73 | 283 km NE | 861 | 38.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sorcy-Saint-Martin | 55 | 525 km NE | 1,046 | 27.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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