Saint-Rome-de-Cernon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 41.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Rome-de-Cernon (INSEE 12243) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Saint Affricain, Roquefort, Sept Vallons. Population 963 (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/12243-saint-rome-de-cernon
Vitality score
Vitality score 41.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 67 % of the 14,551 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.61 | 10 | 6.06 |
| Housing mix | 0.7 | 5 | 3.48 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (PIZZA MIAM-MIAM). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELODIE ROMERO-VIDAL, MÉDECIN · CÉCILE OLLITRAUT-BERNARD, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (ANTENNE DE SAINT-ROME DE CERNON BIBLIOTHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DU SAINT-AFFRICAIN). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (SARL BELLEZZA COIFFURE · M 3 COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | PIZZA MIAM-MIAM | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | ELODIE ROMERO-VIDAL, MÉDECIN · CÉCILE OLLITRAUT-BERNARD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | ANTENNE DE SAINT-ROME DE CERNON BIBLIOTHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DU SAINT-AFFRICAIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | SARL BELLEZZA COIFFURE · M 3 COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 806 (2012) → 963 (2023): 19.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 871 (1990) → 963 (2023): 10.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 561, of which 15.2 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Roquefort-sur-Soulzon): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon): 6 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Rome-de-Cernon): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Roquefort-sur-Soulzon): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Rome-de-Cernon): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MILLAU weather station, 12.6 km away at 712 m; the village itself is at 401 m. [11]
The village sits 311 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MILLAU, 12.6 km away at 712 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 311 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 860 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST AFFRIQUE, 10.5 km away at 365 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
59 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 103,000 € — 1,233 € per m² of built surface. [12]
7 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 120,000 € — 779 € per m². [12]
The median across Aveyron is 1,239 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12243/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12243/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12243/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12243/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12203
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12225
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12243
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laives | 71 | 328 km NE | 986 | 47.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 % |
| Mignovillard | 39 | 396 km NE | 902 | 48.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cairanne | 84 | 159 km E | 1,129 | 40.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Flaviac | 07 | 159 km NE | 1,235 | 36.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Péret | 34 | 60 km SE | 1,137 | 34.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ô-de-Selle | 80 | 644 km N | 1,148 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Péret | 34 | 60 km SE | 1,137 | 34.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Flaviac | 07 | 159 km NE | 1,235 | 36.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cairanne | 84 | 159 km E | 1,129 | 40.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laives | 71 | 328 km NE | 986 | 47.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 % |
| Mignovillard | 39 | 396 km NE | 902 | 48.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ô-de-Selle | 80 | 644 km N | 1,148 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 66 % · 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 Saint-Rome-de-Cernon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Genou | 36 | 348 km N | 911 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Yvoire | 74 | 372 km NE | 1,046 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bassou | 89 | 437 km N | 869 | 31.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Livernon | 46 | 114 km NW | 722 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ardoix | 07 | 192 km NE | 1,308 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon | 12 | 5.9 km N | 1,565 | 51.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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