Fauch

Identity

Fauch (INSEE 81088) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Centre Tarn. Population 619 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/81088-fauch

Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 16,894 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SAS - LA COMPAGNIE L'ALBIGEOISE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE VALERIE PAPAILHAU · GHISLAINE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 505 (2012) → 619 (2023): 22.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 343 (1990) → 619 (2023): 80.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 294, of which 4.8 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Terre-de-Bancalié): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dénat): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Teillet): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Teillet): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fauch): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PAULINET weather station, 11.7 km away at 525 m; the village itself is at 329 m. ^[12]

The village sits 196 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 14.3 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 157 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at REALMONT, 8 km away at 219 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

40 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 198,000 € — 1,296 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Tarn is 1,319 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

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 — 81088/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81088/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81088/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81088/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81233
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81079
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81295
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81088
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025