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Crespinet

Tarn · CC Val 81 · INSEE 81073

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Crespinet (INSEE 81073) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Val 81. Population 182 (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/81073-crespinet

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % of the 15,408 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.47104.68
Housing mix0.6853.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 132 peak 1990: 188 2023: 182 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 170 (2012) → 182 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 188 (1990) → 182 (2023): -3.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 111, of which 16.2 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.0 km E (Sérénac)Food shop — 4.6 km NW (Saussenac)Pharmacy — 6.8 km S (Villefranche-d'Albigeois)Bakery — 6.9 km S (Villefranche-d'Albigeois)GP — 6.9 km S (Villefranche-d'Albigeois)
Primary school — 3.0 km EFood shop — 4.6 km NWPharmacy — 6.8 km SBakery — 6.9 km SGP — 6.9 km S 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 (Villefranche-d'Albigeois): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saussenac): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Villefranche-d'Albigeois): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Villefranche-d'Albigeois): 6.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Sérénac): 3 km to the east (straight line). [10]

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ALBI-MAN weather station, 12.6 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 373 m. [11]

The village sits 211 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, 15.3 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 201 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 939 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at VALENCE-D-ALBI, 11 km away at 463 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81073/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81073/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81073/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81073/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81317
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81277
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81285
  11. 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
Montcuit50638 km NW18010.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Croisilles61557 km N18410.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Asnières-en-Poitou79309 km NW1889.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Aubigny79363 km NW17811.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Barraute-Camu64265 km W18711.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Le Bouchage16278 km NW1758.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Barraute-Camu64265 km W18711.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Le Bouchage16278 km NW1758.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Asnières-en-Poitou79309 km NW1889.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Aubigny79363 km NW17811.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Croisilles61557 km N18410.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Montcuit50638 km NW18010.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Benque31135 km SW17710.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Jourdes86304 km NW19215.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne24215 km NW16814.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet46107 km NW17212.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Noailles8126 km W20511.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Fabas31134 km SW19610No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %