Curan

Aveyron · CC de Lévézou Pareloup · INSEE 12307

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

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Curan (INSEE 12307) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC de Lévézou Pareloup. Population 307 (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/12307-curan

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,906 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.36	10	3.6
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.92

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 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE VIOULOU). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	1	LE VIOULOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE	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	CURAN 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	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: 510 2023: 307 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 317 (2012) → 307 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 357 (1990) → 307 (2023): -14 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 20.8 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.4 km SFood shop — 5.7 km WGP — 5.8 km WPharmacy — 5.8 km W 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 (Salles-Curan): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Salles-Curan): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Salles-Curan): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Salles-Curan): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Curan): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.7

Days at or below 0 °C 76

Muggy days a summer 0

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SALLES CURAN weather station, 5.4 km away at 959 m; the village itself is at 943 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MILLAU, 15.9 km away at 712 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 231 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 1,060 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SALLES CURAN, 5.4 km away at 959 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 — 12307/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12307/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12307/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12307/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12307
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
Montaigu-le-Blin	03	239 km N	300	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Rouvres-les-Bois	36	333 km N	281	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Terraube	32	187 km W	352	24	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 39 % · humidity 21 %
Champs-Romain	24	221 km NW	291	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Tournecoupe	32	168 km W	262	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 24 % · humidity 29 %
Orliac-de-Bar	19	154 km NW	256	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Orliac-de-Bar	19	154 km NW	256	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Tournecoupe	32	168 km W	262	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 24 % · humidity 29 %
Terraube	32	187 km W	352	24	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 39 % · humidity 21 %
Champs-Romain	24	221 km NW	291	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Montaigu-le-Blin	03	239 km N	300	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Rouvres-les-Bois	36	333 km N	281	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · 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 Curan'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
Mont-Saint-Jean	21	364 km N	267	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sarran	19	153 km NW	262	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Espinasse	63	205 km N	274	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pazy	58	342 km N	293	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Teissières-lès-Bouliès	15	74 km N	344	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Échandelys	63	159 km N	248	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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