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Sainte-Radegonde

Aveyron · CA Rodez Agglomération · INSEE 12241

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Radegonde (INSEE 12241) is in Aveyron (12), part of CA Rodez Agglomération. Population 1,793 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/12241-sainte-radegonde

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 10,322 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.592011.7
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.96109.62
Housing mix0.9254.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BATTUT KLIMAS). [3]

3 × Restaurant (LE SALOON · BANGKOK). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ CATHY). [4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LA MEDICALE DE SAINTE-RADEGONDE). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINTE RADEGONDE AP). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (IMAGINA'TIF). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BATTUT KLIMASINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3LE SALOON · BANGKOKINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1CHEZ CATHYINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1LA MEDICALE DE SAINTE-RADEGONDEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SAINTE RADEGONDE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1IMAGINA'TIFINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 452 2023: 1,793 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,707 (2012) → 1,793 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,226 (1990) → 1,793 (2023): 46.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 812, of which 3.9 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.8 km N (Sainte-Radegonde)Pharmacy — 3.2 km NW (Onet-le-Château)Food shop — 3.5 km NW (Onet-le-Château)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.8 km NPharmacy — 3.2 km NWFood shop — 3.5 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 (Sainte-Radegonde): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Onet-le-Château): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Sainte-Radegonde): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Onet-le-Château): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Sainte-Radegonde): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

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 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the FLAVIN weather station, 6.7 km away at 657 m; the village itself is at 666 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at RODEZ-AVEYRON, 13.9 km away at 578 m, over 28 summers. [10]

That station sits 88 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 888 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at FLAVIN, 6.7 km away at 657 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12241/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12241/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12241/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12241/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12241
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12176
  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
Monthyon77519 km N1,75645.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Rohrwiller67636 km NE1,61538.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Anastasie30143 km E1,73840.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Taradeau83320 km E1,94545.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Mortcerf77496 km N1,40040.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Kunheim68562 km NE1,82241.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Anastasie30143 km E1,73840.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Taradeau83320 km E1,94545.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Mortcerf77496 km N1,40040.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Monthyon77519 km N1,75645.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Kunheim68562 km NE1,82241.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Rohrwiller67636 km NE1,61538.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %

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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-Radegonde'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
Kunheim68562 km NE1,82241.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Sillans38245 km NE1,91950.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Dessenheim68551 km NE1,44246.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Hirtzbach68507 km NE1,41835.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Obenheim67592 km NE1,40337.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett67602 km NE1,35937.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %