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Cahuzac-sur-Vère

Tarn · CA Gaillac-Graulhet · INSEE 81051

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cahuzac-sur-Vère (INSEE 81051) is in Tarn (81), part of CA Gaillac-Graulhet. Population 1,239 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/81051-cahuzac-sur-vere

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 59 % of the 13,021 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 food0.39259.84
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.65106.54
Housing mix0.7653.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 2 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). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ETS DELMAS BOUCHERIE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EURL BARRAU). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR LE CAHU). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PRIM'VERE). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE-LOUIS SABADIE, MÉDECIN · ANNE DE TRUCHIS DE VARENNES, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA VERE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CAHUZAC SUR VERE AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (DE MECHE AVEC VOUS · ALARY). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL CHÂTEAU DE SALETTES). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE SOLEIL DES BASTIDES). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1ETS DELMAS BOUCHERIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1EURL BARRAUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1BAR LE CAHUINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PRIM'VEREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2PIERRE-LOUIS SABADIE, MÉDECIN · ANNE DE TRUCHIS DE VARENNES, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE LA VEREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1CAHUZAC SUR VERE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3DE MECHE AVEC VOUS · ALARYINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1HÔTEL CHÂTEAU DE SALETTESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite1LE SOLEIL DES BASTIDESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday matin Place d'Hautpoul (seasonal). [5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,130 2023: 1,239 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,072 (2012) → 1,239 (2023): 15.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,074 (1990) → 1,239 (2023): 15.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 750, of which 11.9 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.4 km N (Cahuzac-sur-Vère)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.4 km N 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 (Cahuzac-sur-Vère): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Cahuzac-sur-Vère): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Cahuzac-sur-Vère): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Cahuzac-sur-Vère): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Cahuzac-sur-Vère): 0.3 km to the south (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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MONTELS weather station, 2.4 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 205 m. [10]

The village sits 50 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 4 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 18.1 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 715 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MONTELS, 2.4 km away at 255 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81051/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.cahuzac-sur-vere.fr/les-marches/— “Chaque mercredi matin, sur la Place d'Hautpoul”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81051/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81051/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81051/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81051
  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
Vendœuvres36316 km N1,08641.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Cerisy-la-Salle50612 km N1,00542.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Pleumartin86319 km N1,21435.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Usson-du-Poitou86277 km NW1,21742.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Neuvy-Sautour89474 km N87355.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Saint Antoine l'Abbaye38294 km NE1,26357.3Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Usson-du-Poitou86277 km NW1,21742.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Antoine l'Abbaye38294 km NE1,26357.3Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Vendœuvres36316 km N1,08641.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Pleumartin86319 km N1,21435.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvy-Sautour89474 km N87355.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Cerisy-la-Salle50612 km N1,00542.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Cahuzac-sur-Vère'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
Jegun32119 km W1,17653.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens33194 km NW1,34451.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Lautrec8136 km SE1,67360.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Virieu-le-Grand01360 km NE1,11145.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bernos-Beaulac33179 km W1,13149.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Émilion33193 km NW1,60860.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %