Cadalen

Tarn · CA Gaillac-Graulhet · INSEE 81046

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

Partly served 44.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cadalen (INSEE 81046) is in Tarn (81), part of CA Gaillac-Graulhet. Population 1,547 (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/81046-cadalen

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 11,392 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.89	10	8.91
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON GINESTET-CROS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'OUSTAL · BARRAC'A TAPAS). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (STÉPHANE FARGETON, MÉDECIN · CATHY RIEU, MÉDECIN · LUCILE NDIAYE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE CADALEN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CADALEN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORT). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (HAIR NATURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON GINESTET-CROS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	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	2	L'OUSTAL · BARRAC'A TAPAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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)	3	STÉPHANE FARGETON, MÉDECIN · CATHY RIEU, MÉDECIN · LUCILE NDIAYE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE CADALEN	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	CADALEN LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CADALEN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	HAIR NATURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 1,136 2023: 1,547 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,492 (2012) → 1,547 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,112 (1990) → 1,547 (2023): 39.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 714, of which 3.9 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.4 km W 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 (Técou): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Cadalen): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cadalen): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cadalen): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 39.4

Days at or below 0 °C 44.5

Muggy days a summer 3.5

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CADALEN weather station, 2.5 km away at 199 m; the village itself is at 206 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 13 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CADALEN, 2.5 km away at 199 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 — 81046/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81046/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81046/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81046/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81294
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81046
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
Braud-et-Saint-Louis	33	259 km NW	1,527	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Reignac	33	250 km NW	1,628	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Agonac	24	188 km NW	1,765	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Villebrumier	82	43 km W	1,348	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Dignac	16	233 km NW	1,362	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Livré-sur-Changeon	35	549 km NW	1,758	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villebrumier	82	43 km W	1,348	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Agonac	24	188 km NW	1,765	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Dignac	16	233 km NW	1,362	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Reignac	33	250 km NW	1,628	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Braud-et-Saint-Louis	33	259 km NW	1,527	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Livré-sur-Changeon	35	549 km NW	1,758	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 77 %

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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 Cadalen'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
Bernos-Beaulac	33	188 km W	1,131	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bourg-Saint-Bernard	31	35 km SW	1,125	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Grane	26	254 km NE	2,204	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	13 km NE	1,603	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lautrec	81	20 km SE	1,673	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Francescas	47	127 km W	750	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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