Massals
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 13.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Massals (INSEE 81161) is in Tarn (81), part of CC des Monts d'Alban et du Villefranchois. Population 113 (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 13.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 47 % of the 11,635 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.2 | 10 | 2.02 |
| Housing mix | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [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
| 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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 | 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 106 (2012) → 113 (2023): 6.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 161 (1990) → 113 (2023): -29.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 87, of which 18.4 % second homes and 21.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Alban): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Paulinet): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Alban): 6.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Alban): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Massals): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PAULINET weather station, 10.3 km away at 525 m; the village itself is at 695 m. [11]
The village sits 170 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 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MONTREDON-LABESSONNIE, 19.6 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 129 m below 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 1,108 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PAULINET, 10.3 km away at 525 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 — 81161/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81161/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81161/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81161/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81003
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81203
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81161
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-Vermont | 60 | 639 km N | 123 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aurions-Idernes | 64 | 217 km W | 112 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 58 % |
| Sigoyer | 04 | 279 km E | 101 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Blaziert | 32 | 164 km W | 126 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 53 % · humidity 36 % |
| Germolles-sur-Grosne | 71 | 315 km NE | 135 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Teigny | 58 | 403 km N | 115 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaziert | 32 | 164 km W | 126 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 53 % · humidity 36 % |
| Aurions-Idernes | 64 | 217 km W | 112 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 58 % |
| Sigoyer | 04 | 279 km E | 101 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Germolles-sur-Grosne | 71 | 315 km NE | 135 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Teigny | 58 | 403 km N | 115 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villers-Vermont | 60 | 639 km N | 123 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Massals'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germolles-sur-Grosne | 71 | 315 km NE | 135 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Teigny | 58 | 403 km N | 115 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hannaches | 60 | 630 km N | 132 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montfey | 10 | 480 km N | 115 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Balnot-la-Grange | 10 | 478 km N | 111 | 5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gratien-Savigny | 58 | 350 km N | 114 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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