Rivières

Tarn · CA Gaillac-Graulhet · INSEE 81225

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

Few services 30.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rivières (INSEE 81225) is in Tarn (81), part of CA Gaillac-Graulhet. Population 1,061 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 13,967 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	0.46	20	9.18
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.5	5	2.49

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

5 × Restaurant (AUX RIVES DE LA COURTADE · LA GUINGUETTE D'AYGUELEZE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (FLOHAIR · LES CISEAUX D'EMY). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DU CEDRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	5	AUX RIVES DE LA COURTADE · LA GUINGUETTE D'AYGUELEZE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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	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	2	FLOHAIR · LES CISEAUX D'EMY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	DOMAINE DU CEDRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 343 2023: 1,061 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 948 (2012) → 1,061 (2023): 11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 616 (1990) → 1,061 (2023): 72.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 665, of which 25.1 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.7 km SEBakery — 2.8 km SEPharmacy — 2.9 km SEGP — 3.0 km SE 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 (Lagrave): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lagrave): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lagrave): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lagrave): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Rivières): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.3

Muggy days a summer 3.5

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 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SENOUILLAC weather station, 4.5 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 142 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 12.2 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 606 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SENOUILLAC, 4.5 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81225/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81225/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81225/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81225/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81131
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81225
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
Saint-Auvent	87	225 km N	974	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Ormoy-la-Rivière	91	500 km N	943	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Plaine	67	640 km NE	983	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Fessy	74	437 km NE	1,076	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Griselles	45	468 km N	826	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Hautecourt-Romanèche	01	369 km NE	748	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Auvent	87	225 km N	974	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Hautecourt-Romanèche	01	369 km NE	748	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Fessy	74	437 km NE	1,076	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Griselles	45	468 km N	826	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Ormoy-la-Rivière	91	500 km N	943	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Plaine	67	640 km NE	983	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Rivières'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
Porchères	33	199 km NW	887	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Ambres	81	24 km SW	1,033	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Gargas	31	44 km SW	785	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Lager-Bressac	07	235 km NE	971	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Fiac	81	24 km S	930	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mazaugues	83	325 km E	901	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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