Carbes

Tarn · CC du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout · INSEE 81058

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 24.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Carbes (INSEE 81058) is in Tarn (81), part of CC du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout. Population 247 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,181 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 153 2023: 247 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 195 (2012) → 247 (2023): 26.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 163 (1990) → 247 (2023): 51.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 115, of which 2.6 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km SWFood shop — 5.1 km SEGP — 5.8 km SWPharmacy — 5.8 km SW 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 (Vielmur-sur-Agout): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Castres): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vielmur-sur-Agout): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vielmur-sur-Agout): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Carbes): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 48.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 34.1

Muggy days a summer 10.9▸

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 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CASTRES weather station, 6.9 km away at 196 m; the village itself is at 215 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DOURGNE, 16.7 km away at 234 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 844 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CASTRES, 6.9 km away at 196 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81058/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81058/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81058/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81058/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81315
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81058
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
Mondescourt	60	666 km N	247	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %
Humbercourt	80	731 km N	247	17	No daily shops	no figures
Villy-en-Trodes	10	535 km N	245	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Ennemain	80	693 km N	241	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 %
Le Luhier	25	527 km NE	244	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 %
Carrépuis	80	676 km N	250	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Luhier	25	527 km NE	244	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 %
Villy-en-Trodes	10	535 km N	245	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Mondescourt	60	666 km N	247	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %
Carrépuis	80	676 km N	250	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Ennemain	80	693 km N	241	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 %
Humbercourt	80	731 km N	247	17	No daily shops	no figures

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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 Carbes'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
Nicole	47	165 km NW	237	8.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lagarrigue	47	160 km NW	272	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montels	34	80 km SE	247	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Jonquières	81	2.6 km W	439	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ajac	11	66 km S	196	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Pauligne	11	63 km S	357	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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