Villeneuve
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 63.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villeneuve (INSEE 12301) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Ouest Aveyron Communauté. Population 1,948 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 63.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 96 % of the 9,779 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 | 0.6 | 25 | 15.02 |
| Social | 0.87 | 20 | 17.47 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.66 | 10 | 6.56 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.53 | 10 | 5.3 |
| Housing mix | 0.72 | 5 | 3.58 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ROCAGEL · LE FOURNIL DE LA BASTIDE). [3,4]
3 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
7 × Restaurant (AMAZONA CREATIONS · ART ET GALETS · SARL PKB · RESTAURANT DE LA TOUR). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LES ARCADES · BAR PRESSE PIZZERIA LES ARCADES · AMASSADA). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA BASTIDE). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BARBARA PHILIPS, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE DUBOIS, MÉDECIN · HUGUES DEBILLY, MÉDECIN · AURORE GUIDINI, MÉDECIN · JEROME SAVIGNAC, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VILLENEUVE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLENEUVE D'AVEYRON). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Bank (AGENCE VILLENEUVE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER D'ELODIE · R-LOOK COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | ROCAGEL · LE FOURNIL DE LA BASTIDE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 7 | AMAZONA CREATIONS · ART ET GALETS · SARL PKB · RESTAURANT DE LA TOUR | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LES ARCADES · BAR PRESSE PIZZERIA LES ARCADES · AMASSADA | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA BASTIDE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | BARBARA PHILIPS, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE DUBOIS, MÉDECIN · HUGUES DEBILLY, MÉDECIN · AURORE GUIDINI, MÉDECIN · JEROME SAVIGNAC, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE VILLENEUVE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLENEUVE D'AVEYRON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | AGENCE VILLENEUVE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 3 | L'ATELIER D'ELODIE · R-LOOK COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,947 (2012) → 1,948 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,891 (1990) → 1,948 (2023): 3 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,227, of which 14.2 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villeneuve): 0 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Villeneuve): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Villeneuve): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Villeneuve): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Villeneuve): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VILLENEUVE weather station, 3.8 km away at 353 m; the village itself is at 400 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 7.3 km away at 330 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 70 m below 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 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VILLENEUVE, 3.8 km away at 353 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12301/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/31/9786f5e1-01f3-33c9-a867-e47e772f2346— “Marché de Villeneuve, le dimanche matin.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12301/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12301/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12301/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12301
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauzerte | 82 | 74 km W | 1,443 | 57 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Louargat | 22 | 616 km NW | 2,448 | 60 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bourbriac | 22 | 601 km NW | 2,145 | 54 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac | 24 | 107 km NW | 1,678 | 56.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plouguenast-Langast | 22 | 561 km NW | 2,380 | 56.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Carentoir | 56 | 494 km NW | 3,232 | 48.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauzerte | 82 | 74 km W | 1,443 | 57 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac | 24 | 107 km NW | 1,678 | 56.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Carentoir | 56 | 494 km NW | 3,232 | 48.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plouguenast-Langast | 22 | 561 km NW | 2,380 | 56.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bourbriac | 22 | 601 km NW | 2,145 | 54 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louargat | 22 | 616 km NW | 2,448 | 60 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Villeneuve'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bas Ségala | 12 | 13 km SE | 1,608 | 28.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Varetz | 19 | 96 km NW | 2,409 | 51.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Donzenac | 19 | 97 km NW | 2,733 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chatte | 38 | 268 km E | 2,518 | 60.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gy | 70 | 441 km NE | 1,049 | 56.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Fouillade | 12 | 23 km S | 1,128 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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