Albine

Tarn · CC Thoré Montagne Noire · INSEE 81005

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

Few services 24.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Albine (INSEE 81005) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Thoré Montagne Noire. Population 512 (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/81005-albine

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 17,733 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.4	10	4.05
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE ALBINOLE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (L'ESTAP). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	L'EPICERIE ALBINOLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	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	ALBINE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	L'ESTAP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 619 2023: 512 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 539 (2012) → 512 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 566 (1990) → 512 (2023): -9.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 343, of which 16.6 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.4 km NWBakery — 7.4 km EGP — 7.7 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 (Labastide-Rouairoux): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Albine): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Labastide-Rouairoux): 7.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amans-Soult): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Albine): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.1

Days at or below 0 °C 43.7

Muggy days a summer 4.3

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROUAIROUX weather station, 3.8 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 324 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LABASTIDE-ROUAIROUX, 9.8 km away at 448 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 124 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 1,625 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROUAIROUX, 3.8 km away at 347 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 — 81005/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81005/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81005/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81005/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81115
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81238
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
Villemurlin	45	470 km N	536	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Villardonnel	11	23 km SW	515	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme	81	20 km NW	538	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Tribehou	50	702 km NW	525	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 70 %
Lerm-et-Musset	33	237 km NW	504	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Mauves-sur-Huisne	61	574 km N	533	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme	81	20 km NW	538	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Villardonnel	11	23 km SW	515	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Lerm-et-Musset	33	237 km NW	504	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Villemurlin	45	470 km N	536	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Mauves-sur-Huisne	61	574 km N	533	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Tribehou	50	702 km NW	525	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 70 %

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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 Albine'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
Marcillac-Lanville	16	332 km NW	521	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Montagny-près-Louhans	71	415 km NE	489	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Uzeste	33	254 km NW	462	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Nonards	19	183 km N	482	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Bastide-de-Bousignac	09	70 km SW	331	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Blajan	31	155 km W	426	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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