Guitalens-L'Albarède
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Guitalens-L'Albarède (INSEE 81132) is in Tarn (81), part of CC du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout. Population 871 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 53.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 92 % of the 15,167 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 | 0.63 | 25 | 15.8 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.75 | 10 | 7.48 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.89 | 5 | 4.46 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'ALBAREDE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN FRANÇOIS HUYNH, MÉDECIN · GÉRARD DELMAS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FAURE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (GUITALENS L ALBAREDE AP). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (MALX). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | VIVAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'ALBAREDE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | JEAN FRANÇOIS HUYNH, MÉDECIN · GÉRARD DELMAS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE FAURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | GUITALENS L ALBAREDE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | MALX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 842 (2012) → 871 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 552 (1990) → 871 (2023): 57.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 461, of which 5.4 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Guitalens-L'Albarède): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Guitalens-L'Albarède): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Guitalens-L'Albarède): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Guitalens-L'Albarède): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Guitalens-L'Albarède): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PUYLAURENS weather station, 8.7 km away at 312 m; the village itself is at 151 m. [10]
The village sits 161 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LAVAUR, 15.4 km away at 131 m, over 29 summers. [10]
An average of 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-PAUL-CAP-DE, 5.7 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
57 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 160,964 € — 1,333 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Tarn is 1,319 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81132/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/bbc6fdd9-d502-332f-b3df-8fbd939164f1— “Marché mensuel de Guitalens-L'Albarède”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81132/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81132/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81132/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81132
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac | 24 | 190 km NW | 971 | 58.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saulnot | 70 | 563 km NE | 758 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 38 % · humidity 57 % |
| La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice | 87 | 266 km N | 793 | 56.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 84 % |
| Clion | 36 | 372 km N | 1,015 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cocumont | 47 | 185 km NW | 1,133 | 41.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Raddon-et-Chapendu | 70 | 579 km NE | 849 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 23 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocumont | 47 | 185 km NW | 1,133 | 41.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac | 24 | 190 km NW | 971 | 58.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice | 87 | 266 km N | 793 | 56.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 84 % |
| Clion | 36 | 372 km N | 1,015 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saulnot | 70 | 563 km NE | 758 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 38 % · humidity 57 % |
| Raddon-et-Chapendu | 70 | 579 km NE | 849 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 23 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Guitalens-L'Albarède'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuq-Toulza | 81 | 15 km SW | 702 | 65.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux | 81 | 5.6 km W | 1,054 | 50.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vénéjan | 30 | 218 km E | 1,260 | 38.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Deaux | 30 | 175 km E | 638 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Monteils | 30 | 178 km E | 692 | 37.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Gourgas | 34 | 108 km E | 517 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
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