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Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt

Aveyron · CC des Causses à l'Aubrac · INSEE 12219

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

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt (INSEE 12219) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC des Causses à l'Aubrac. Population 367 (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/12219-sainte-eulalie-d-olt

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 85 % of the 18,049 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.422510.54
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.68106.84
Housing mix0.3651.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 2 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) (BOULANGERIE D'OLT). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA DECOUPE D'OLT). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU MOULIN D'ALEXANDRE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Hotel (AU MOULIN D'ALEXANDRE). [3,4]

3 × Campsite (MAIRIE · BRISE DU LAC · PRL LA CASCADE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE D'OLTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1LA DECOUPE D'OLTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1AU MOULIN D'ALEXANDREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1AU MOULIN D'ALEXANDREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite3MAIRIE · BRISE DU LAC · PRL LA CASCADEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 414 2023: 367 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 369 (2012) → 367 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 310 (1990) → 367 (2023): 18.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 349, of which 31.8 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.5 km S (Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt)Pharmacy — 2.1 km E (Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac)Primary school — 2.3 km E (Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac)GP — 2.6 km E (Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac)
In the commune Bakery Food shop — 0.5 km SPharmacy — 2.1 km EPrimary school — 2.3 km EGP — 2.6 km E 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 (Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the AURELLE-VERLAC_SAPC weather station, 9.3 km away at 1,076 m; the village itself is at 417 m. [10]

The village sits 659 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 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ST-COME-D'OLT, 10.9 km away at 380 m, over 23 summers. [10]

An average of 1,077 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST-GENIEZ-D'OLT, 1.7 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12219/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12219/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12219/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12219/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12219
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12224
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Eus66206 km S38634.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Pierrefeu06337 km E33749.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Autoire4699 km NW37627.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Naussac-Fontanes4877 km NE37231.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Barbaggio2B554 km E36227Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Crillon-le-Brave84179 km E48837.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Naussac-Fontanes4877 km NE37231.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Autoire4699 km NW37627.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Crillon-le-Brave84179 km E48837.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Eus66206 km S38634.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Pierrefeu06337 km E33749.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Barbaggio2B554 km E36227Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nernier74337 km NE42334.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montsoreau49379 km NW40854.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Parnay49382 km NW37322.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bédouès-Cocurès4855 km E45744.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Massangis89360 km N33214No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Les Brunels11138 km SW26824.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %