Montcabrier

Identity

Montcabrier (INSEE 81173) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Tarn-Agout. Population 304 (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/81173-montcabrier

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,890 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.

Services

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 251 (2012) → 304 (2023): 21.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 159 (1990) → 304 (2023): 91.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 123, of which 4.1 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bourg-Saint-Bernard): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourg-Saint-Bernard): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bourg-Saint-Bernard): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Verfeil): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

An average of 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAVAUR weather station, 13.3 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 221 m. ^[11]

The village sits 90 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 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LAVAUR, 13.3 km away at 131 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 90 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 674 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAVAUR, 13.3 km away at 131 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81173/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81173/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81173/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81173/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31082
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31573
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81173
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024