Albas

Lot · CC de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble · INSEE 46001

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Albas (INSEE 46001) is in Lot (46), part of CC de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble. Population 529 (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/46001-albas

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,629 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.54	10	5.43
Housing mix	0.6	5	3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 (CUISINE D'ICI, METS D'AILLEURS · GUINGUETTE D ALBAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (COTE CAVE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ALBAS). ^[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), Supermarket, 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	CUISINE D'ICI, METS D'AILLEURS · GUINGUETTE D ALBAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	COTE CAVE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	ALBAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ALBAS	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 504 peak 1982: 545 2023: 529 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 516 (2012) → 529 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 507 (1990) → 529 (2023): 4.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 425, of which 20 % second homes and 15.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km NPharmacy — 4.1 km EGP — 4.3 km EFood shop — 4.6 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 (Castelfranc): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Luzech): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Luzech): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Luzech): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Albas): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 41.9

Days at or below 0 °C 45.1

Muggy days a summer 10.7▸

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ANGLARS weather station, 3.5 km away at 104 m; the village itself is at 118 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ANGLARS, 3.5 km away at 104 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 825 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ANGLARS, 3.5 km away at 104 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46001/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46001/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46001/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46001/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46182
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46001
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
Chassignolles	36	237 km N	529	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %
Sébrazac	12	113 km E	538	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Champniers-et-Reilhac	24	140 km N	541	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Santin	12	80 km E	514	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Jal	19	108 km N	594	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Séglien	56	527 km NW	673	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Santin	12	80 km E	514	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Jal	19	108 km N	594	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Sébrazac	12	113 km E	538	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Champniers-et-Reilhac	24	140 km N	541	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 85 %
Chassignolles	36	237 km N	529	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %
Séglien	56	527 km NW	673	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Albas'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
Porte-du-Quercy	46	9.0 km SW	532	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sarrant	32	81 km S	358	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	12 km W	348	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Soturac	46	18 km W	644	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Solomiac	32	79 km S	496	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Monfort	32	82 km SW	515	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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