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Briatexte

Tarn · CA Gaillac-Graulhet · INSEE 81039

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

Partly served 53.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Briatexte (INSEE 81039) is in Tarn (81), part of CA Gaillac-Graulhet. Population 1,938 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/81039-briatexte

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 9,809 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.472511.83
Social0.48209.5
Education0.63106.32
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.58105.77
Housing mix0.9554.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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) (LE COMPTOIR DU PAIN · PASSION PATISSERIE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE DU VILLAGE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PETIT CASINO). [3,4]

6 × Restaurant (SPANJERBERG GUIDO · PIZZ CAPITALS · O' DELICES DE CHARLIE). [3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-LOUIS ETIENNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOSEPH DARDILLAC, MÉDECIN · FLORIN OPRIS, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GISSOT-RUIZ). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRIATEXTE RPU AP RP). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BRIATEXTE ALAIN GAUTRAND). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA ROUTE DU CLAUX). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'EMMA). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING UN JOUR UNE FERME). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2LE COMPTOIR DU PAIN · PASSION PATISSERIEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1LA BOUCHERIE DU VILLAGEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PETIT CASINOINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant6SPANJERBERG GUIDO · PIZZ CAPITALS · O' DELICES DE CHARLIEINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-LOUIS ETIENNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPHINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2JOSEPH DARDILLAC, MÉDECIN · FLORIN OPRIS, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE GISSOT-RUIZINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BRIATEXTE RPU AP RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BRIATEXTE ALAIN GAUTRANDINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA ROUTE DU CLAUXINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2LES CISEAUX D'EMMAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING UN JOUR UNE FERMEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,546 peak 2017: 2,016 2023: 1,938 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,008 (2012) → 1,938 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,800 (1990) → 1,938 (2023): 7.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 993, of which 2.4 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Briatexte): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Briatexte): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Briatexte): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Briatexte): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Briatexte): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LAVAUR weather station, 7.2 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 142 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at LAVAUR, 7.2 km away at 131 m, over 29 summers. [10]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at GRAULHET, 7 km away at 167 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81039/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2025-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/3a950162-a753-3dd5-8a8d-9c0938d53a2a— “Petit marché de Briatexte”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81039/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81039/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81039/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81039
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cherveux79345 km NW1,88550.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Manziat01374 km NE2,01854.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %
Asson64187 km W1,98244.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Sauzet26251 km NE1,88253.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Villé67659 km NE1,79957.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Champagné-les-Marais85377 km NW1,82452.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 81 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Asson64187 km W1,98244.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Sauzet26251 km NE1,88253.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Cherveux79345 km NW1,88550.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Manziat01374 km NE2,01854.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %
Champagné-les-Marais85377 km NW1,82452.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 81 %
Villé67659 km NE1,79957.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Briatexte'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hérépian3499 km E1,59452.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Roquecourbe8132 km E2,17254.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villenouvelle3140 km SW1,48745.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Hostens33219 km NW1,55449.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Meauzac8265 km NW1,50440.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Baziège3141 km SW3,58343.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %