Prades-d'Aubrac

Aveyron · CC des Causses à l'Aubrac · INSEE 12187

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

Few services 21.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prades-d'Aubrac (INSEE 12187) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC des Causses à l'Aubrac. Population 278 (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 21.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,624 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	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.13	10	1.35
Housing mix	0.05	5	0.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SUCRE D'ANGE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (L'ETAPE · LE REFUGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PRADES D AUBRAC RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (L'ETAPE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SUCRE D'ANGE	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	4	L'ETAPE · LE REFUGE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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	1	PRADES D AUBRAC RP	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 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	L'ETAPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 692 2023: 278 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 421 (2012) → 278 (2023): -34 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 438 (1990) → 278 (2023): -36.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 410, of which 47.6 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 4.2 km WGP — 6.5 km NPharmacy — 6.6 km NFood shop — 7.7 km S 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 (Prades-d'Aubrac): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Castelnau-de-Mandailles): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.1

Days at or below 0 °C 59.2

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the AURELLE-VERLAC_SAPC weather station, 5.9 km away at 1,076 m; the village itself is at 870 m. ^[12]

The village sits 206 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-COME-D'OLT, 9 km away at 380 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 490 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,410 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at AURELLE-VERLAC_SAPC, 5.9 km away at 1,076 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12187/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12187/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12187/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12187/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12187
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12061
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
Monieux	84	200 km E	263	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-le-Petit	87	173 km NW	290	16	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Canale-di-Verde	2B	584 km SE	302	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 0 %
Florentin-la-Capelle	12	27 km NW	286	13	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Prix	07	132 km E	269	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lacaze	81	95 km S	318	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Florentin-la-Capelle	12	27 km NW	286	13	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Lacaze	81	95 km S	318	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Prix	07	132 km E	269	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-le-Petit	87	173 km NW	290	16	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Monieux	84	200 km E	263	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Canale-di-Verde	2B	584 km SE	302	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Prades-d'Aubrac'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
Planchez	58	301 km N	313	11.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-en-Morvan	58	299 km N	308	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Brisson	58	317 km N	252	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Chanéac	07	118 km NE	254	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-d'Intres	07	123 km NE	303	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pailharès	07	142 km NE	310	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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