Blaye-les-Mines
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Blaye-les-Mines (INSEE 81033) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Carmausin-Ségala. Population 2,902 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/81033-blaye-les-mines
Vitality score
Vitality score 44/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 7,313 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 | 0.52 | 25 | 13.03 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.4 | 10 | 3.99 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.81 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PANETIERE ATELIER). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3]
3 × Supermarket (SUPER U · HYPER U · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (CARMAUX PIZZA SAVEUR TRADITION · L'AGANIT · L'ORIGIN'HAL). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE AUGUSTIN MALROUX). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE AUGUSTIN MALROUX). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE BLAYE LES MINES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GRAND GYMNASE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (CAP DECOUVERTE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (BRUNO FLAUJAC · LAURA COIFFURE · CLAUDIA COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA PANETIERE ATELIER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 3 | SUPER U · HYPER U · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | CARMAUX PIZZA SAVEUR TRADITION · L'AGANIT · L'ORIGIN'HAL | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE AUGUSTIN MALROUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE AUGUSTIN MALROUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE DE BLAYE LES MINES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GRAND GYMNASE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 1 | CAP DECOUVERTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | BRUNO FLAUJAC · LAURA COIFFURE · CLAUDIA COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 3,061 (2012) → 2,902 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,227 (1990) → 2,902 (2023): -10.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,716, of which 1.9 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Blaye-les-Mines): 1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Blaye-les-Mines): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Carmaux): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Blaye-les-Mines): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Blaye-les-Mines): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ALBI-MAN weather station, 9.3 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 247 m. [10]
The village sits 85 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at TANUS, 12.6 km away at 537 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 290 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 788 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ALBI-MAN, 9.3 km away at 162 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 — 81033/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81033/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81033/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81033/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81033
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81060
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Fins | 25 | 485 km NE | 3,048 | 42.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 0 % |
| Cherré-Au | 72 | 475 km N | 2,758 | 55.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bénéjacq | 64 | 213 km SW | 2,013 | 53.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 % |
| Vrigne aux Bois | 08 | 666 km N | 3,518 | 51.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Arc-lès-Gray | 70 | 464 km NE | 2,393 | 50.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Coarraze | 64 | 215 km SW | 2,177 | 55.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bénéjacq | 64 | 213 km SW | 2,013 | 53.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 % |
| Coarraze | 64 | 215 km SW | 2,177 | 55.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 % |
| Arc-lès-Gray | 70 | 464 km NE | 2,393 | 50.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cherré-Au | 72 | 475 km N | 2,758 | 55.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Les Fins | 25 | 485 km NE | 3,048 | 42.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 0 % |
| Vrigne aux Bois | 08 | 666 km N | 3,518 | 51.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Blaye-les-Mines'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coufouleux | 81 | 42 km SW | 3,057 | 38.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Labastide-Saint-Georges | 81 | 45 km SW | 2,002 | 39.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rabastens | 81 | 42 km SW | 5,867 | 57.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple | 82 | 75 km W | 3,358 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Muzols | 07 | 241 km NE | 2,489 | 51.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puygouzon | 81 | 16 km S | 3,548 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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