Paulhe

Aveyron · CC de Millau Grands Causses · INSEE 12178

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Paulhe (INSEE 12178) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC de Millau Grands Causses. Population 358 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/12178-paulhe

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 18,016 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.74	10	7.43
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EN BONNE COMPAGNIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	EN BONNE COMPAGNIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 150 peak 2017: 389 2023: 358 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 360 (2012) → 358 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 288 (1990) → 358 (2023): 24.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 203, of which 13.8 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 1.3 km NW 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 (Paulhe): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aguessac): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aguessac): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aguessac): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Aguessac): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.5

Days at or below 0 °C 26.3

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MILLAU weather station, 7.6 km away at 712 m; the village itself is at 390 m. ^[10]

The village sits 322 m below 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 MILLAU, 7.6 km away at 712 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 322 m above 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 694 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MILLAU, 7.6 km away at 712 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 — 12178/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12178/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12178/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12178/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12178
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12002
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
Festigny	51	547 km N	394	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Buvilly	39	364 km NE	383	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Émiland	71	324 km N	317	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Arthezé	72	475 km NW	350	20	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Déservillers	25	392 km NE	341	19.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Juicq	17	344 km NW	320	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Émiland	71	324 km N	317	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Juicq	17	344 km NW	320	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Buvilly	39	364 km NE	383	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Déservillers	25	392 km NE	341	19.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Arthezé	72	475 km NW	350	20	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Festigny	51	547 km N	394	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · 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 Paulhe'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
Parnay	49	418 km NW	373	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rignac	46	133 km NW	294	13.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Artannes-sur-Thouet	49	420 km NW	405	13.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Casanova	2B	536 km E	384	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Généroux	79	395 km NW	340	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Salles	79	353 km NW	323	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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