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Aynac

Lot · CC Grand-Figeac · INSEE 46012

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

Partly served 46.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aynac (INSEE 46012) is in Lot (46), part of CC Grand-Figeac. Population 561 (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/46012-aynac

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,411 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.422510.54
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.43104.29
Housing mix0.753.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU BON TERROIR D'AYNAC). [4,3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DU CENTRE). [4,3]

2 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS 1908 · BANGKOK STREET FOOD). [4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SARLANDIE). [4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AYNAC AP). [4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AYNAC). [4]

1 × Hairdresser (LE JARDIN CAPILLAIRE). [4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)1AU BON TERROIR D'AYNACINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1EPICERIE DU CENTREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant2LE RELAIS 1908 · BANGKOK STREET FOODINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE SARLANDIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1AYNAC APINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AYNACINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser1LE JARDIN CAPILLAIREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 667 2023: 561 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 613 (2012) → 561 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 604 (1990) → 561 (2023): -7.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 430, of which 14.9 % second homes and 20.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 2.6 km NE (Leyme)Bakery — 8.6 km NW (Thégra)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 2.6 km NEBakery — 8.6 km NW 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 (Thégra): 8.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Aynac): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Leyme): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Aynac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Aynac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LATRONQUIERE weather station, 17.1 km away at 658 m; the village itself is at 347 m. [11]

The village sits 311 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at LUNEGARDE, 17.3 km away at 383 m, over 23 summers. [11]

An average of 1,093 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LACAPELLE, 8.2 km away at 396 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46012/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46012/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46012/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46012/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46317
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46012
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46170
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bouglon47146 km W63048.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Ardes63122 km NE59252Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Ventenac-en-Minervois11189 km SE64449.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais71247 km NE50355.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Assier4612 km S70959.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Aubazines1946 km N85650.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Assier4612 km S70959.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Aubazines1946 km N85650.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Ardes63122 km NE59252Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Bouglon47146 km W63048.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Ventenac-en-Minervois11189 km SE64449.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais71247 km NE50355.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · 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 Aynac'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Assier4612 km S70959.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Damvix85264 km NW73355.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Jaligny-sur-Besbre03223 km NE55945.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sanxay86239 km NW54836.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust85279 km NW64234.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Monpazier2477 km W44166.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %