Thérondels

Aveyron · CC Aubrac, Carladez et Viadène · INSEE 12280

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

Partly served 45/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thérondels (INSEE 12280) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Aubrac, Carladez et Viadène. Population 357 (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 45/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 18,074 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	0.81	20	16.25
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.21	10	2.07
Housing mix	0.41	5	2.04

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 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL DALAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (N2FN GROUP RESTAURATION). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DES HIRONDELLES). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE THERONDELS). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE THÉRONDELS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ESPACE BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (SUNELIA CAMPING LA SOURCE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[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)	1	SARL DALAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	N2FN GROUP RESTAURATION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LE CAFE DES HIRONDELLES	INSEE SIRENE 5 [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	1	PHARMACIE DE THERONDELS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	THERONDELS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE THÉRONDELS	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	ESPACE BEAUTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	SUNELIA CAMPING LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 804 2023: 357 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 421 (2012) → 357 (2023): -15.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 505 (1990) → 357 (2023): -29.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 361, of which 29.6 % second homes and 16.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 5.2 km NWGP — 6.9 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 (Lacapelle-Barrès): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thérondels): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pierrefort): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Thérondels): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Thérondels): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.8

Days at or below 0 °C 98.8▸

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CANTOIN weather station, 8.1 km away at 930 m; the village itself is at 950 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ALPUECH, 17.8 km away at 1,107 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 157 m above 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 1,212 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CANTOIN, 8.1 km away at 930 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 — 12280/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12280/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12280/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12280/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12280
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15152
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-Jean-de-Côle	24	161 km W	354	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 5 % · humidity 71 %
Siran	15	50 km W	467	38.2	Few services	no figures
Nouic	87	193 km NW	423	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %
Auriac-du-Périgord	24	130 km W	397	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Golinhac	12	35 km SW	370	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux	07	145 km E	406	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Golinhac	12	35 km SW	370	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 61 %
Siran	15	50 km W	467	38.2	Few services	no figures
Auriac-du-Périgord	24	130 km W	397	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux	07	145 km E	406	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Côle	24	161 km W	354	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 5 % · humidity 71 %
Nouic	87	193 km NW	423	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Thérondels'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
Paulhac	15	17 km NE	431	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Flayat	23	102 km N	296	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Rencurel	38	215 km E	358	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vollore-Montagne	63	122 km NE	312	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Girmont-Val-d'Ajol	88	448 km NE	264	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cantoin	12	7.9 km SE	312	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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