Vimenet

Aveyron · CC des Causses à l'Aubrac · INSEE 12303

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vimenet (INSEE 12303) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC des Causses à l'Aubrac. Population 248 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/12303-vimenet

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,170 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	25	0
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	0.52	10	5.21
Housing mix	0.19	5	0.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	VIMENET AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VIMENET	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 343 2023: 248 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 257 (2012) → 248 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 243 (1990) → 248 (2023): 2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 227, of which 40.5 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.1 km NEFood shop — 7.0 km NPharmacy — 8.2 km NEGP — 8.7 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 (Saint-Martin-de-Lenne): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt): 7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac): 8.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac): 8.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vimenet): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.7

Days at or below 0 °C 81.9

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LAISSAC weather station, 8.1 km away at 599 m; the village itself is at 644 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-COME-D'OLT, 15.2 km away at 380 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 264 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,064 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST SATURNIN, 7.8 km away at 640 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12303/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12303/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12303/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12303/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12239
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12219
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12303
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
La Faurie	05	224 km E	287	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Vandenesse	58	287 km N	287	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-d'Allier	43	96 km N	280	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Revest-des-Brousses	04	224 km E	267	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Bélesta	66	189 km S	270	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 12 % · humidity 64 %
Cascastel-des-Corbières	11	158 km S	212	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 19 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villeneuve-d'Allier	43	96 km N	280	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cascastel-des-Corbières	11	158 km S	212	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 19 % · humidity 21 %
Bélesta	66	189 km S	270	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 12 % · humidity 64 %
La Faurie	05	224 km E	287	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Revest-des-Brousses	04	224 km E	267	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Vandenesse	58	287 km N	287	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · 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 Vimenet'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-Étienne-de-Chomeil	15	108 km N	241	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Dornas	07	124 km NE	195	14.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Marcols-les-Eaux	07	125 km E	291	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Molesme	21	408 km N	278	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Brion-sur-Ource	21	413 km N	215	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chassigny	52	414 km NE	243	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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