Blars
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Blars (INSEE 46031) is in Lot (46), part of CC du Causse de Labastide Murat. Population 137 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 9 % of the 13,366 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.49 | 10 | 4.93 |
| Housing mix | 0.06 | 5 | 0.28 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Library (DÉPÔT DE BLARS). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | DÉPÔT DE BLARS | 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
Population 129 (2012) → 137 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 138 (1990) → 137 (2023): -0.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 142, of which 47.2 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cabrerets): 8.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Marcilhac-sur-Célé): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Cajarc): 11.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Cajarc): 13.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Marcilhac-sur-Célé): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LUNEGARDE weather station, 12.7 km away at 383 m; the village itself is at 288 m. [11]
The village sits 95 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 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LUNEGARDE, 12.7 km away at 383 m, over 23 summers. [11]
That station sits 95 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BLARS, 0.7 km away at 281 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 — 46031/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46031/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46031/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46031/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46040
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46183
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46045
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Andéol-de-Berg | 07 | 223 km E | 134 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lesquerde | 66 | 207 km S | 141 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sainte-Montaine | 18 | 328 km N | 166 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Asque | 65 | 206 km SW | 123 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Allons | 04 | 394 km E | 126 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Senez | 04 | 380 km E | 154 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asque | 65 | 206 km SW | 123 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lesquerde | 66 | 207 km S | 141 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Andéol-de-Berg | 07 | 223 km E | 134 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Montaine | 18 | 328 km N | 166 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Senez | 04 | 380 km E | 154 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Allons | 04 | 394 km E | 126 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Blars'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fos | 34 | 165 km SE | 133 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Reilhac | 46 | 15 km N | 175 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gourvillette | 17 | 212 km NW | 116 | 6.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Bouyssou | 46 | 23 km NE | 121 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazac | 16 | 151 km NW | 150 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Pouilloux | 79 | 218 km NW | 171 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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