Le Bez

Tarn · CC Sidobre Vals et Plateaux · INSEE 81031

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

Partly served 47.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Bez (INSEE 81031) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Sidobre Vals et Plateaux. Population 907 (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/81031-le-bez

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 14,931 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.89	10	8.87
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL ASSEMAT FRERES · LES GATEAUX DE PACOU). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (TILLEUL 5). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PLÔ). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	SARL ASSEMAT FRERES · LES GATEAUX DE PACOU	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	2	TILLEUL 5	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	1	CAMPING LE PLÔ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 602 2023: 907 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 834 (2012) → 907 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 654 (1990) → 907 (2023): 38.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 565, of which 23.2 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km NFood shop — 2.8 km NEGP — 2.8 km NEPharmacy — 8.5 km SW 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 (Le Bez): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brassac): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brassac): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Boissezon): 8.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Bez): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37

Muggy days a summer 2

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTREDON-LABESSONNIE weather station, 16.1 km away at 566 m; the village itself is at 624 m. ^[11]

The village sits 58 m above 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 MONTREDON-LABESSONNIE, 16.1 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 58 m below 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 1,521 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ANGLES, 9.1 km away at 743 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 — 81031/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81031/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81031/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81031/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81037
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81034
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
Genneville	14	662 km N	806	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-Trolimon	29	706 km NW	997	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Vailly	74	439 km NE	907	49	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Glos	14	636 km N	931	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montbellet	71	370 km NE	870	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Blaru	78	610 km N	907	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montbellet	71	370 km NE	870	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vailly	74	439 km NE	907	49	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Blaru	78	610 km N	907	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Glos	14	636 km N	931	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Genneville	14	662 km N	806	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-Trolimon	29	706 km NW	997	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · 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 Le Bez'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
Glos	14	636 km N	931	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montbellet	71	370 km NE	870	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Blaru	78	610 km N	907	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bailleul	27	619 km N	973	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bonneville-la-Louvet	14	651 km N	825	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Amillis	77	573 km N	830	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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