Barjac

Lozère · CC Coeur de Lozère · INSEE 48018

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

Partly served 40.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Barjac (INSEE 48018) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Coeur de Lozère. Population 806 (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 40.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 15,597 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.95	10	9.47
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL BARJACOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DOMAINE DE RECOULETTES). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BARJAC RUE DE L'ECOLE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (PARADIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (PRL CHALETS LES PEPITES · LE CLOS DES PEUPLIERS). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL BARJACOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	DOMAINE DE RECOULETTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	BARJAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BARJAC RUE DE L'ECOLE	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	1	PARADIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	2	PRL CHALETS LES PEPITES · LE CLOS DES PEUPLIERS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 399 2023: 806 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 704 (2012) → 806 (2023): 14.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 557 (1990) → 806 (2023): 44.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 446, of which 12.6 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.7 km NEPharmacy — 6.1 km NEGP — 6.9 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 (Barjac): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mende): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mende): 6.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mende): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Barjac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.2

Days at or below 0 °C 56

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MENDE weather station, 4.8 km away at 932 m; the village itself is at 679 m. ^[10]

The village sits 253 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]

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

Humidity measured at MENDE, 4.8 km away at 932 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 253 m above 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 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MENDE, 4.8 km away at 932 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 — 48018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48095
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-Jean-de-Chevelu	73	230 km NE	834	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Le Poët	05	199 km E	790	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 %
Monbazillac	24	233 km W	829	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens	01	218 km NE	756	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lhommaizé	86	307 km NW	898	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Troissy	51	510 km N	821	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Poët	05	199 km E	790	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens	01	218 km NE	756	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Chevelu	73	230 km NE	834	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Monbazillac	24	233 km W	829	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Lhommaizé	86	307 km NW	898	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Troissy	51	510 km N	821	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · 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 Barjac'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
Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens	01	218 km NE	756	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Les Maillys	21	329 km NE	803	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
La Ferrière-en-Parthenay	79	362 km NW	774	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Valherbasse	26	157 km NE	1,005	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Chaussée-sur-Marne	51	489 km N	758	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Celle-Saint-Cyr	89	386 km N	840	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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