Saujac
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saujac (INSEE 12261) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Ouest Aveyron Communauté. Population 126 (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 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 78 % of the 12,633 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.43 | 10 | 4.26 |
| Housing mix | 0.1 | 5 | 0.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (CHIPSO). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 1 | CHIPSO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 127 (2012) → 126 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 136 (1990) → 126 (2023): -7.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 131, of which 45 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cajarc): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cajarc): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Cajarc): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Cajarc): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Cajarc): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VILLENEUVE weather station, 11.5 km away at 353 m; the village itself is at 177 m. [9]
The village sits 176 m below 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 4 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 17.3 km away at 330 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 153 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at VILLENEUVE, 11.5 km away at 353 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12261/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12261/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12261/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12261/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46045
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrassières | 26 | 288 km E | 122 | 26 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Bosc | 09 | 176 km S | 113 | 20.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Blandas | 30 | 145 km SE | 143 | 26.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cros-de-Ronesque | 15 | 71 km NE | 145 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vercoiran | 26 | 275 km E | 130 | 22.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Denis-en-Margeride | 48 | 128 km E | 148 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cros-de-Ronesque | 15 | 71 km NE | 145 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Denis-en-Margeride | 48 | 128 km E | 148 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Blandas | 30 | 145 km SE | 143 | 26.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Bosc | 09 | 176 km S | 113 | 20.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vercoiran | 26 | 275 km E | 130 | 22.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ferrassières | 26 | 288 km E | 122 | 26 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Saujac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arphy | 30 | 146 km E | 139 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Belmont-Sainte-Foi | 46 | 32 km SW | 130 | 20.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cras | 46 | 30 km W | 97 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Maurice-d'Ibie | 07 | 206 km E | 212 | 24.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Berganty | 46 | 20 km W | 146 | 21.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lentillac-du-Causse | 46 | 21 km W | 107 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
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