Massaguel

Tarn · CC du Sor et de l'Agout · INSEE 81160

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

Few services 25.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Massaguel (INSEE 81160) is in Tarn (81), part of CC du Sor et de l'Agout. Population 347 (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/81160-massaguel

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 18,047 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.4	10	4.01
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (FAMYLY PATATES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MASSAGUEL AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

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, 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	1	FAMYLY PATATES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MASSAGUEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 382 peak 2007: 444 2023: 347 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 424 (2012) → 347 (2023): -18.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 385 (1990) → 347 (2023): -9.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 255, of which 17.3 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km SWPharmacy — 1.9 km SWBakery — 2.0 km NGP — 2.1 km N 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 (Verdalle): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dourgne): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Verdalle): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Dourgne): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Massaguel): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 39.2

Days at or below 0 °C 31.1

Muggy days a summer 10.9▸

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DOURGNE weather station, 1.6 km away at 234 m; the village itself is at 282 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DOURGNE, 1.6 km away at 234 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 887 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DOURGNE, 1.6 km away at 234 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 — 81160/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81160/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81160/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81160/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81312
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81160
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
Boigneville	91	539 km N	369	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes	26	252 km NE	393	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Izaut-de-l'Hôtel	31	126 km SW	298	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Fuissé	71	371 km NE	347	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %
Saussignac	24	206 km NW	407	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Trensacq	40	247 km W	284	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Izaut-de-l'Hôtel	31	126 km SW	298	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Saussignac	24	206 km NW	407	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Trensacq	40	247 km W	284	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes	26	252 km NE	393	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Fuissé	71	371 km NE	347	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %
Boigneville	91	539 km N	369	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Massaguel'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
Cazouls-d'Hérault	34	105 km E	420	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Camplong-d'Aude	11	57 km SE	389	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Souilhanels	11	25 km SW	356	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges	47	144 km NW	492	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Terraube	32	137 km W	352	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Camélas	66	104 km SE	461	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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