Saint-Sever-du-Moustier
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 33.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Sever-du-Moustier (INSEE 12249) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Monts, Rance et Rougier. Population 179 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 33.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 15,296 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.29 | 10 | 2.85 |
| Housing mix | 0.26 | 5 | 1.32 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (FAYRARY). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SEVER DU MOUSTIER AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-SEVER-DU-MOUSTIER AGENCE POSTALE COMMUNALE). [3]
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 | 2 | FAYRARY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 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 SEVER DU MOUSTIER AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-SEVER-DU-MOUSTIER AGENCE POSTALE COMMUNALE | 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 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 234 (2012) → 179 (2023): -23.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 228 (1990) → 179 (2023): -21.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 182, of which 36.8 % second homes and 15.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Murasson): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Belmont-sur-Rance): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Belmont-sur-Rance): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Belmont-sur-Rance): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Sever-du-Moustier): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BELMONT LIMOU weather station, 5.6 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 529 m. [11]
The village sits 119 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MONTLAUR, 16.9 km away at 374 m, over 23 summers. [11]
That station sits 155 m below 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 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BELMONT LIMOU, 5.6 km away at 410 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 — 12249/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12249/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12249/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12249/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12163
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12025
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12249
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron | 04 | 247 km E | 167 | 29.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chabanne | 03 | 263 km N | 169 | 22.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| L'Épine | 05 | 243 km E | 200 | 29.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rouffiac | 15 | 146 km N | 181 | 23.4 | Few services | no figures |
| Ascros | 06 | 346 km E | 174 | 36.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Julien-du-Gua | 07 | 177 km NE | 169 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouffiac | 15 | 146 km N | 181 | 23.4 | Few services | no figures |
| Saint-Julien-du-Gua | 07 | 177 km NE | 169 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| L'Épine | 05 | 243 km E | 200 | 29.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron | 04 | 247 km E | 167 | 29.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chabanne | 03 | 263 km N | 169 | 22.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ascros | 06 | 346 km E | 174 | 36.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
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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-Sever-du-Moustier'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-Martin-Cantalès | 15 | 150 km N | 157 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Poil | 58 | 360 km N | 152 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Manlay | 21 | 394 km N | 199 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ceilloux | 63 | 218 km N | 174 | 25.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux | 07 | 192 km NE | 406 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Biches | 58 | 367 km N | 240 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
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