Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance

Aveyron · CC Monts, Rance et Rougier · INSEE 12248

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

Served 61.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance (INSEE 12248) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Monts, Rance et Rougier. Population 580 (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/12248-saint-sernin-sur-rance

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 17,296 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.53	10	5.3
Housing mix	0.6	5	2.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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) (MAISON NESPOULOUS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCI MARCKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE GRAND CAFE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE VICTOR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-MARIE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELISABETH BARTHE SUAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GAUBERT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-SERNIN-SUR-RANCE MAISON POUR TOUS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SEVERINE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON NESPOULOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCI MARCKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE GRAND CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE VICTOR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ELISABETH BARTHE SUAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GAUBERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-SERNIN-SUR-RANCE MAISON POUR TOUS	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	1	SEVERINE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 693 2023: 580 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 650 (2012) → 580 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 563 (1990) → 580 (2023): 3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 486, of which 20.2 % second homes and 16.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km NE 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-Sernin-sur-Rance): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33

Days at or below 0 °C 43.3

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BASTIDE SOLAGES weather station, 11 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 330 m. ^[9]

The village sits 100 m above 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MONTLAUR, 18.8 km away at 374 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 890 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST SERNIN/RANCE, 0.7 km away at 341 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 69,000 € — 667 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

13 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 85,500 € — 703 € per m². ^[10]

The median across Aveyron is 1,239 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[10]

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 — 12248/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12248/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12248/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12248/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12248
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
Saint-Vincent-de-Reins	69	281 km NE	635	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Marsac	23	259 km N	643	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	571 km NW	647	69.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sancergues	18	365 km N	620	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Lagrasse	11	88 km S	554	59.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 29 %
Lyons-la-Forêt	27	619 km N	756	60.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lagrasse	11	88 km S	554	59.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 29 %
Marsac	23	259 km N	643	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Reins	69	281 km NE	635	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Sancergues	18	365 km N	620	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	571 km NW	647	69.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lyons-la-Forêt	27	619 km N	756	60.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 86 %

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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-Sernin-sur-Rance'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
Beaufort-sur-Gervanne	26	225 km NE	494	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Poulaines	36	371 km N	816	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Nauviale	12	72 km N	577	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Livernon	46	104 km NW	722	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Nespouls	19	157 km NW	638	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Benoît-du-Sault	36	300 km N	510	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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