Viviez

Aveyron · CC Decazeville Communauté · INSEE 12305

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Viviez (INSEE 12305) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Decazeville Communauté. Population 1,210 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/12305-viviez

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 13,156 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.23	10	2.28
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 (VAMIEUX). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (O'ZINC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PONT). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE VIVIEZ). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	VAMIEUX	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	2	O'ZINC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PONT	INSEE BPE 2 [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	VIVIEZ LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE VIVIEZ	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	LE SALON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 2,650 2023: 1,210 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,345 (2012) → 1,210 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,662 (1990) → 1,210 (2023): -27.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 858, of which 3.6 % second homes and 20.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km NEPharmacy — 2.5 km EBakery — 2.7 km EGP — 2.7 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 (Decazeville): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viviez): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Decazeville): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Decazeville): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Viviez): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.3

Days at or below 0 °C 40.7

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DECAZEVILLE weather station, 2.8 km away at 325 m; the village itself is at 198 m. ^[10]

The village sits 127 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]

An average of 957 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DECAZEVILLE, 2.8 km away at 325 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 — 12305/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12305/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12305/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12305/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12305
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
Lirac	30	205 km E	955	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 99 %
Chaussan	69	225 km NE	1,218	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 %
Mirepeix	64	250 km SW	1,255	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Féliu-d'Amont	66	212 km S	1,292	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Angy	60	531 km N	1,124	37	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 74 %
Saintines	60	530 km N	1,060	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lirac	30	205 km E	955	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Féliu-d'Amont	66	212 km S	1,292	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Chaussan	69	225 km NE	1,218	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 %
Mirepeix	64	250 km SW	1,255	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Saintines	60	530 km N	1,060	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 100 %
Angy	60	531 km N	1,124	37	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 74 %

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