Causse-et-Diège

Aveyron · CC Grand-Figeac · INSEE 12257

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

Partly served 47.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Causse-et-Diège (INSEE 12257) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Grand-Figeac. Population 760 (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 47.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 15,973 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.75	5	3.74
Population trend	0.77	10	7.73
Housing mix	0.47	5	2.35

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (L'UMAMI). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA KAZ LOLO). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CHEZ MARCELLE · CHEZ MADO). ^[4]

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

2 × Post office / agence postale (CAUSSE ET DIEGE GELLE AP · CAUSSE ET DIEGE LOUPIAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CAUSSE-ET-DIÈGE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE MURIER DE VIELS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	L'UMAMI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA KAZ LOLO	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CHEZ MARCELLE · CHEZ MADO	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	CAUSSE ET DIEGE GELLE AP · CAUSSE ET DIEGE LOUPIAC AP	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CAUSSE-ET-DIÈGE	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	PAUSE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LE MURIER DE VIELS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 676 2023: 760 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 723 (2012) → 760 (2023): 5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 597 (1990) → 760 (2023): 27.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 520, of which 26.5 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 3.4 km SEFood shop — 5.3 km NEGP — 5.7 km NEPharmacy — 5.9 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 (Causse-et-Diège): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Capdenac-Gare): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Capdenac-Gare): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Capdenac-Gare): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Causse-et-Diège): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.2

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLENEUVE weather station, 7.6 km away at 353 m; the village itself is at 328 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 18.7 km away at 330 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLENEUVE, 7.6 km away at 353 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12257/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12257/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12257/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12257/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12257
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12052
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
Montbrun-Bocage	31	168 km S	592	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Ségur	12	70 km SE	534	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 86 %
Castelnau-de-Mandailles	12	68 km E	565	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Champ	43	167 km NE	565	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 7 %
Simiane-la-Rotonde	04	288 km E	609	51.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 16 % · humidity 79 %
Grand-Auverné	44	427 km NW	774	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 76 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Castelnau-de-Mandailles	12	68 km E	565	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Ségur	12	70 km SE	534	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 86 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Champ	43	167 km NE	565	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 7 %
Montbrun-Bocage	31	168 km S	592	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Simiane-la-Rotonde	04	288 km E	609	51.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 16 % · humidity 79 %
Grand-Auverné	44	427 km NW	774	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 76 %

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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 Causse-et-Diège'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
Lacropte	24	109 km NW	699	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Croix	12	13 km S	734	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Parisot	82	33 km SW	557	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Monceaux-sur-Dordogne	19	61 km N	628	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rigny-sur-Arroux	71	271 km NE	613	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Grand-Brassac	24	148 km NW	555	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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