Castanet

Tarn · CA Gaillac-Graulhet · INSEE 81061

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

No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Castanet (INSEE 81061) is in Tarn (81), part of CA Gaillac-Graulhet. Population 210 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 16,281 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.59	10	5.88
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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: 171 2023: 210 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 192 (2012) → 210 (2023): 9.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 193 (1990) → 210 (2023): 8.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 102, of which 8.8 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.9 km SBakery — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 5.5 km SEGP — 5.7 km SEFood shop — 5.9 km SE 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 (Villeneuve-sur-Vère): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Castelnau-de-Lévis): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Castelnau-de-Lévis): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Castelnau-de-Lévis): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bernac): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.9

Days at or below 0 °C 53.1

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SENOUILLAC weather station, 8.1 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 279 m. ^[11]

The village sits 94 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 9.6 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 107 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 606 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SENOUILLAC, 8.1 km away at 185 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 — 81061/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81061/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81061/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81061/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81319
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81063
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81029
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
Gans	33	182 km W	207	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Montfaucon	02	563 km N	209	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Escanecrabe	31	129 km SW	210	17.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Algans	81	44 km S	223	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Andelaroche	03	287 km NE	214	14.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Maurens	31	60 km S	207	23.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Algans	81	44 km S	223	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Maurens	31	60 km S	207	23.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Escanecrabe	31	129 km SW	210	17.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Gans	33	182 km W	207	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Andelaroche	03	287 km NE	214	14.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Montfaucon	02	563 km N	209	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Castanet'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
Bost	03	271 km NE	183	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Murs-et-Gélignieux	01	341 km NE	239	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais	16	211 km NW	241	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Orgedeuil	16	226 km NW	207	8.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fabas	31	117 km SW	196	10	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Fieux	47	129 km W	323	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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