Laboulbène
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Laboulbène (INSEE 81118) is in Tarn (81), part of CC du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout. Population 172 (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 14.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 15,091 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.74 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| 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) | 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
Population 138 (2012) → 172 (2023): 24.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 135 (1990) → 172 (2023): 27.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 80, of which 5 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lautrec): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vénès): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Lautrec): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Castres): 8.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Castres): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BURLATS weather station, 7.3 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 283 m. [11]
The village sits 67 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 6 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MONTREDON-LABESSONNIE, 13.3 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 283 m above 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 929 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BURLATS, 7.3 km away at 216 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 — 81118/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81118/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81118/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81118/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81139
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81311
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81065
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sully | 14 | 664 km N | 171 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 % |
| Mortiers | 17 | 277 km NW | 173 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cintheaux | 14 | 628 km N | 170 | 11 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 % |
| Tournan | 32 | 118 km W | 175 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chalon | 38 | 292 km NE | 176 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lème | 64 | 208 km W | 168 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournan | 32 | 118 km W | 175 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lème | 64 | 208 km W | 168 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 % |
| Mortiers | 17 | 277 km NW | 173 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chalon | 38 | 292 km NE | 176 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cintheaux | 14 | 628 km N | 170 | 11 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sully | 14 | 664 km N | 171 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Laboulbène'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgaillard-en-Albret | 47 | 164 km W | 167 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montpinier | 81 | 0.1 km W | 182 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cambes | 47 | 184 km NW | 170 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auty | 82 | 82 km NW | 142 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Beauville | 47 | 127 km NW | 154 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Castéra-Bouzet | 82 | 109 km W | 129 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
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