Appelle
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 27.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Appelle (INSEE 81015) is in Tarn (81), part of CC du Sor et de l'Agout. Population 66 (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/81015-appelle
Vitality score
Vitality score 27.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 99 % of the 6,927 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 | 0.29 | 25 | 7.21 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.72 | 10 | 7.22 |
| Housing mix | 0.53 | 5 | 2.63 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAS MARTINE LAURENS). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | SAS MARTINE LAURENS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 70 (2012) → 66 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 54 (1990) → 66 (2023): 22.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 38, of which 23.7 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Appelle): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Puylaurens): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Puylaurens): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Puylaurens): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Puylaurens): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PUYLAURENS weather station, 4.7 km away at 312 m; the village itself is at 255 m. [10]
The village sits 57 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 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LAVAUR, 14.2 km away at 131 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 124 m below 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 778 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PUYLAURENS, 4.7 km away at 312 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 — 81015/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81015/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81015/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81015/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81015
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81219
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apremont-sur-Allier | 18 | 380 km N | 66 | 14 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-Luc | 19 | 199 km N | 65 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 34 % · humidity 64 % |
| Cornay | 08 | 676 km N | 69 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 51 % |
| La Pommeraye | 14 | 620 km N | 66 | 20 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 78 % |
| Les Cent-Acres | 76 | 691 km N | 65 | 22.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| L'Albère | 66 | 144 km SE | 64 | 21.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Albère | 66 | 144 km SE | 64 | 21.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-Luc | 19 | 199 km N | 65 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 34 % · humidity 64 % |
| Apremont-sur-Allier | 18 | 380 km N | 66 | 14 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Pommeraye | 14 | 620 km N | 66 | 20 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 78 % |
| Cornay | 08 | 676 km N | 69 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 51 % |
| Les Cent-Acres | 76 | 691 km N | 65 | 22.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
Sort and compare these on the full list →
…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 Appelle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacroisille | 81 | 1.7 km W | 98 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mouzens | 81 | 7.9 km SW | 111 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pégairolles-de-Buèges | 34 | 134 km E | 54 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bertre | 81 | 2.5 km NW | 112 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Magrin | 81 | 4.0 km NW | 140 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villeneuvette | 34 | 117 km E | 65 | 24.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/81015-appelle