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Verrières

Aveyron · CC de la Muse et des Raspes du Tarn · INSEE 12291

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Verrières (INSEE 12291) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC de la Muse et des Raspes du Tarn. 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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/12291-verrieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.57105.69
Housing mix0.4152.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING A LA FERME - LA BLAQUIERE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING A LA FERME - LA BLAQUIEREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 368 peak 2017: 454 2023: 357 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 426 (2012) → 357 (2023): -16.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 334 (1990) → 357 (2023): 6.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 239, of which 29.7 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 5.3 km SE (Aguessac)Food shop — 5.7 km W (Saint-Léons)Bakery — 5.9 km E (Rivière-sur-Tarn)GP — 6.1 km E (Rivière-sur-Tarn)Pharmacy — 6.2 km SE (Aguessac)
Primary school — 5.3 km SEFood shop — 5.7 km WBakery — 5.9 km EGP — 6.1 km EPharmacy — 6.2 km SE 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 (Rivière-sur-Tarn): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Léons): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Rivière-sur-Tarn): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Aguessac): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Aguessac): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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

Measured at the MILLAU weather station, 9.8 km away at 712 m; the village itself is at 473 m. [11]

The village sits 239 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MILLAU, 9.8 km away at 712 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 239 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 694 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MILLAU, 9.8 km away at 712 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12291/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12291/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12291/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12291/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12200
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12238
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12002
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Triqueville27605 km N35012.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie50596 km NW3425.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bœurs-en-Othe89441 km N33412.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Neuf-Église63211 km N33210.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Le Favril28496 km N36011.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Affieux19178 km NW3858.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 53 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Affieux19178 km NW3858.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 53 %
Neuf-Église63211 km N33210.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Bœurs-en-Othe89441 km N33412.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Le Favril28496 km N36011.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie50596 km NW3425.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Triqueville27605 km N35012.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Verrières'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Jaleyrac15130 km NW35616.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Bâton86304 km NW3546.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Veyrines-de-Vergt24202 km NW24411.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire17332 km NW3159.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Les Pechs du Vers46125 km W3037.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boisse24199 km W25112.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %