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Lugan

Tarn · CC Tarn-Agout · INSEE 81150

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

Few services 25/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lugan (INSEE 81150) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Tarn-Agout. Population 419 (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/81150-lugan

Vitality score

Vitality score 25/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,969 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9954.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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”.

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 194 peak 2017: 421 2023: 419 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 404 (2012) → 419 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 234 (1990) → 419 (2023): 79.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 177, of which 0.6 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.6 km NW (Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe)Food shop — 3.7 km N (Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe)GP — 5.6 km NW (Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe)Pharmacy — 5.6 km NW (Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km NWFood shop — 3.7 km NGP — 5.6 km NWPharmacy — 5.6 km NW 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 (Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Lugan): 0 km to the south (straight line). [9]

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LAVAUR weather station, 12.7 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 199 m. [10]

The village sits 68 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at LAVAUR, 12.7 km away at 131 m, over 29 summers. [10]

That station sits 68 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at RABASTENS, 6.8 km away at 111 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81150/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81150/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81150/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81150/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81271
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81150
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Aigleville27587 km N41425Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Quernes62766 km N42017.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Guebenhouse57716 km NE41719.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Chambeire21482 km NE42024.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Escoubès64162 km W41624.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Frichemesnil76657 km N41119.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 99 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Escoubès64162 km W41624.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Chambeire21482 km NE42024.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Aigleville27587 km N41425Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Frichemesnil76657 km N41119.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 99 %
Guebenhouse57716 km NE41719.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Quernes62766 km N42017.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Lugan'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vallègue3134 km S50924.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Massac-Séran8114 km SE52327.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Puydaniel3150 km SW57525Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Vieillevigne3137 km S34424.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Fayssac8132 km NE35419.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Caignac3146 km S40531.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %