Saint-Izaire

Identity

Saint-Izaire (INSEE 12228) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Saint Affricain, Roquefort, Sept Vallons. Population 314 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/12228-saint-izaire

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,926 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BOITE A DI). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT IZAIRE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-IZAIRE ANTENNE DE LA MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DU SAINT-AFFRICAIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA PLANQUE · CAMPING DU BATUT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 306 (2012) → 314 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 284 (1990) → 314 (2023): 10.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 339, of which 44.5 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Broquiès): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Broquiès): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Coupiac): 11.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vabres-l'Abbaye): 10.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Izaire): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTLAUR weather station, 13.2 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 278 m. ^[12]

The village sits 96 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 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTLAUR, 13.2 km away at 374 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 96 m above 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 860 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST AFFRIQUE, 11.1 km away at 365 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12228/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12228/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12228/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12228/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12037
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12080
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12286
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12228
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024