Vabres-l'Abbaye

Aveyron · CC Saint Affricain, Roquefort, Sept Vallons · INSEE 12286

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

Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vabres-l'Abbaye (INSEE 12286) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Saint Affricain, Roquefort, Sept Vallons. Population 1,205 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/12286-vabres-l-abbaye

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 13,191 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.58	10	5.85
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.92

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 0 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 × Supermarket (JOSAMA). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VABRES L ABBAYE AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFF'&MOI · NATURE L COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	JOSAMA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CHEBLI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VABRES L ABBAYE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	COIFF'&MOI · NATURE L COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 722 2023: 1,205 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,158 (2012) → 1,205 (2023): 4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,111 (1990) → 1,205 (2023): 8.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 647, of which 10.8 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.6 km NEBakery — 3.4 km NEGP — 3.9 km E 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 (Saint-Affrique): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vabres-l'Abbaye): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Affrique): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vabres-l'Abbaye): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vabres-l'Abbaye): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 39.2

Days at or below 0 °C 50

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTLAUR weather station, 6 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 309 m. ^[10]

The village sits 65 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, 6 km away at 374 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 65 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 860 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST AFFRIQUE, 2.2 km away at 365 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 — 12286/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12286/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12286/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12286/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12286
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-Martory	31	178 km SW	1,027	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Vallères	37	417 km NW	1,345	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vaulx-Vraucourt	62	690 km N	1,099	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Beaucamps-le-Vieux	80	661 km N	1,396	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Seignelay	89	444 km N	1,476	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Domblans	39	381 km NE	1,186	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martory	31	178 km SW	1,027	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Domblans	39	381 km NE	1,186	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Vallères	37	417 km NW	1,345	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Seignelay	89	444 km N	1,476	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Beaucamps-le-Vieux	80	661 km N	1,396	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vaulx-Vraucourt	62	690 km N	1,099	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Vabres-l'Abbaye'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
Villette-de-Vienne	38	246 km NE	2,025	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Virignin	01	301 km NE	1,144	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Allériot	71	359 km NE	1,165	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-de-Galaure	26	221 km NE	1,804	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Jaillans	26	221 km NE	1,009	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins	42	256 km NE	1,141	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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