Sanvensa

Identity

Sanvensa (INSEE 12259) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Ouest Aveyron Communauté. Population 643 (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/12259-sanvensa

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 16,751 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON BEDEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (VAN DE VEN MARIAN). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (G COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 651 (2012) → 643 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 563 (1990) → 643 (2023): 14.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 425, of which 15.8 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sanvensa): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villefranche-de-Rouergue): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Monteils): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Fouillade): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sanvensa): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTEILS weather station, 5.5 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 483 m. ^[12]

The village sits 215 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 9.1 km away at 330 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 153 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTEILS, 5.5 km away at 268 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

43 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 131,650 € — 1,160 € per m² of built surface. ^[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 — 12259/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12259/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12259/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12259/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12259
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12300
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12150
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12105
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025