Le Truel

Aveyron · CC de la Muse et des Raspes du Tarn · INSEE 12284

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

Few services 33.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Truel (INSEE 12284) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC de la Muse et des Raspes du Tarn. Population 350 (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 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 18,079 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.41	10	4.11
Housing mix	0.14	5	0.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA TABLE DES 2 FRERES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU TRUEL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LANDES MARIE-BRIGITTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA PRADE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	LA TABLE DES 2 FRERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	1	LE TRUEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU TRUEL	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	LANDES MARIE-BRIGITTE	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	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA PRADE	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: 473 2023: 350 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 342 (2012) → 350 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 384 (1990) → 350 (2023): -8.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 340, of which 42.9 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.8 km NWPharmacy — 5.8 km NWBakery — 5.9 km NW 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 (Villefranche-de-Panat): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Truel): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villefranche-de-Panat): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villefranche-de-Panat): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.2

Days at or below 0 °C 20.7

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DURENQUE_SAPC weather station, 11.2 km away at 812 m; the village itself is at 301 m. ^[10]

The village sits 511 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTLAUR, 18.8 km away at 374 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 73 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,088 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DURENQUE_SAPC, 11.2 km away at 812 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 — 12284/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12284/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12284/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12284/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12299
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12284
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
Sénergues	12	65 km N	423	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 49 %
Saint-Hippolyte	12	75 km N	428	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 30 %
Saint-Martin-la-Méanne	19	139 km NW	351	25.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Front	43	151 km NE	410	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Larodde	63	165 km N	296	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-André-de-Chalencon	43	167 km NE	374	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sénergues	12	65 km N	423	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 49 %
Saint-Hippolyte	12	75 km N	428	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 30 %
Saint-Martin-la-Méanne	19	139 km NW	351	25.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Front	43	151 km NE	410	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Larodde	63	165 km N	296	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-André-de-Chalencon	43	167 km NE	374	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 0 %

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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 Le Truel'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
Saint-Germain-de-Calberte	48	86 km E	456	61.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Broquiès	12	6.8 km SW	613	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle	48	82 km E	191	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Castanet-le-Haut	34	46 km SE	224	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nazaire-de-Valentane	82	140 km W	317	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Puilaurens	11	143 km S	277	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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