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La Salvetat-Peyralès

Aveyron · CC Aveyron Bas Ségala Viaur · INSEE 12258

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Salvetat-Peyralès (INSEE 12258) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Aveyron Bas Ségala Viaur. Population 1,004 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/12258-la-salvetat-peyrales

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 14,301 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.43208.65
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.36103.64
Housing mix0.4952.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 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). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (AUBERG'IN · L'AUBERGE DU TILLEUL). [3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MICHEL ROUSSILLE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIE KLEIN, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA SALVETAT PEYRALES AP). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE JEAN BOUDOU DE LA SALVETAT-PEYRALÈS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (UN TEMPS POUR SOI). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU TILLEUL). [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). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4AUBERG'IN · L'AUBERGE DU TILLEULINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU VIAURINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2JEAN-MICHEL ROUSSILLE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIE KLEIN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE LEMAIREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA SALVETAT PEYRALES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE JEAN BOUDOU DE LA SALVETAT-PEYRALÈSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1UN TEMPS POUR SOIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU TILLEULINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Monthly market: Wednesday Le matin Le matin dans le bourg centre. See the source for which week of the month. [5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 1,672 2023: 1,004 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,013 (2012) → 1,004 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 1,162 (1990) → 1,004 (2023): -13.6 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 771, of which 25.3 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 9.0 km S (Mirandol-Bourgnounac)Bakery — 9.1 km S (Mirandol-Bourgnounac)
In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 9.0 km SBakery — 9.1 km S 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 (Mirandol-Bourgnounac): 9.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Mirandol-Bourgnounac): 9 km to the south (straight line). [10]

GP (La Salvetat-Peyralès): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (La Salvetat-Peyralès): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (La Salvetat-Peyralès): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the PRADINAS_SAPC weather station, 5.1 km away at 564 m; the village itself is at 523 m. [12]

An average of 1,102 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LA SALVETAT PEY, 2.6 km away at 550 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

101 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 123,000 € — 1,181 € per m² of built surface. [13]

5 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 125,000 € — 989 € per m². [13]

The median across Aveyron is 1,239 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [13]

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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12258/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.la-salvetat-peyrales.fr/actualites-agenda/— “Jour marché : premier mercredi du mois”
  6. DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/31/a70ae923-b1cc-3a10-9298-e916db7077ee— “Marché mensuel tous les premiers mercredis matins du mois sur le tour de ville”
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12258/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12258/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12258/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81168
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12258
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Augerolles63201 km NE86250Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 %
Lathus-Saint-Rémy86254 km N1,21428.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Priest-des-Champs63202 km N73638.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 49 %
Ploërdut56603 km NW1,25538.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon43188 km NE1,03840.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Puycapel1557 km N71752.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Puycapel1557 km N71752.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon43188 km NE1,03840.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Augerolles63201 km NE86250Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 %
Saint-Priest-des-Champs63202 km N73638.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 49 %
Lathus-Saint-Rémy86254 km N1,21428.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Ploërdut56603 km NW1,25538.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 91 %

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