Cambounès

Identity

Cambounès (INSEE 81053) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Sidobre Vals et Plateaux. Population 339 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/81053-cambounes

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 18,048 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 343 (2012) → 339 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 366 (1990) → 339 (2023): -7.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 311, of which 44.7 % second homes and 1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Bez): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brassac): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Boissezon): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Cambounès): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BURLATS weather station, 14.5 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 413 m. ^[13]

The village sits 197 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MONTREDON-LABESSONNIE, 16.9 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 153 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,521 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ANGLES, 10.2 km away at 743 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

34 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 69,500 € — 776 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Tarn is 1,319 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[14]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81053/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81053/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81053/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81053/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81031
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81269
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81037
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81034
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81053
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025