Noailhac

Tarn · CA de Castres Mazamet · INSEE 81196

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 37.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Noailhac (INSEE 81196) is in Tarn (81), part of CA de Castres Mazamet. Population 828 (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/81196-noailhac

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 15,426 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	0.21	25	5.27
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	0.77	10	7.74
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SALLE EMILIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SANDRINE SOMPAYRAC ET MARC BOYER SNC). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ROGER GABOUX). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	SALLE EMILIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	SANDRINE SOMPAYRAC ET MARC BOYER SNC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	NOAILHAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE ROGER GABOUX	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 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

1968: 628 peak 2017: 853 2023: 828 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 836 (2012) → 828 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 650 (1990) → 828 (2023): 27.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 475, of which 4.4 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km WPharmacy — 2.4 km EFood shop — 5.6 km NEGP — 6.0 km S 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 (Noailhac): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Payrin-Augmontel): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Boissezon): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Noailhac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 37.2

Muggy days a summer 6.5

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 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BURLATS weather station, 9.3 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 232 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTREDON-LABESSONNIE, 16.8 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 334 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 929 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BURLATS, 9.3 km away at 216 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81196/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81196/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81196/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81196/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81196
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81269
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81034
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
Trévignin	73	371 km NE	870	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 %
Reyniès	82	86 km NW	872	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chamboret	87	287 km N	782	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye	33	298 km NW	838	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Mondavezan	31	112 km W	880	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Alteckendorf	67	707 km NE	857	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Reyniès	82	86 km NW	872	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mondavezan	31	112 km W	880	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Chamboret	87	287 km N	782	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye	33	298 km NW	838	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Trévignin	73	371 km NE	870	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 %
Alteckendorf	67	707 km NE	857	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 91 % · 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 Noailhac'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
Reyniès	82	86 km NW	872	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Feugarolles	47	176 km NW	1,015	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Porquier	82	106 km NW	1,326	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pouzilhac	30	186 km E	756	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Fougères	47	172 km NW	855	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Arcambal	46	119 km NW	1,004	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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