Navès

Identity

Navès (INSEE 81195) is in Tarn (81), part of CA de Castres Mazamet. Population 690 (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/81195-naves

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 16,465 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL VOLAILLES DE MONTESPIEU). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL POUZENC ET FILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 691 (2012) → 690 (2023): -0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 620 (1990) → 690 (2023): 11.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 331, of which 1.8 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Castres): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Navès): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Castres): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Castres): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Navès): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CASTRES weather station, 5.6 km away at 196 m; the village itself is at 224 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DOURGNE, 10.7 km away at 234 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

An average of 844 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CASTRES, 5.6 km away at 196 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 211,875 € — 1,126 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Tarn is 1,319 € per m², so this commune sits below 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81195/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81195/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81195/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81195/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81065
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81195
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025