Saint-Santin

Aveyron · CC Decazeville Communauté · INSEE 12246

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

Few services 34.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Santin (INSEE 12246) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Decazeville Communauté. Population 514 (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/12246-saint-santin

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,728 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.39	10	3.94
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ JAJA - ESCALES ET PARTAGES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT SANTIN). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SANTIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-SANTIN). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	CHEZ JAJA - ESCALES ET PARTAGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE SAINT SANTIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE...	INSEE BPE 1 [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	SAINT SANTIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-SANTIN	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 696 2023: 514 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 551 (2012) → 514 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 575 (1990) → 514 (2023): -10.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 351, of which 14.2 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km WBakery — 4.5 km NGP — 6.9 km NPharmacy — 7.3 km N 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 (Saint-Constant-Fournoulès): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Santin-de-Maurs): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Maurs): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Maurs): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Santin-de-Maurs): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24

Days at or below 0 °C 48.4

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DECAZEVILLE weather station, 8.4 km away at 325 m; the village itself is at 335 m. ^[11]

An average of 957 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DECAZEVILLE, 8.4 km away at 325 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12246/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12246/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12246/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12246/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15212
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15122
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
Chassignolles	36	212 km N	529	37.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Albas	46	80 km W	529	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Jal	19	95 km NW	594	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Plaisir	03	227 km N	422	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Sébrazac	12	37 km E	538	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 77 %
Champniers-et-Reilhac	24	163 km NW	541	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sébrazac	12	37 km E	538	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 77 %
Albas	46	80 km W	529	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Jal	19	95 km NW	594	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 85 %
Champniers-et-Reilhac	24	163 km NW	541	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Chassignolles	36	212 km N	529	37.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Plaisir	03	227 km N	422	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %

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Elsewhere

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