Saint-Michel-de-Vax

Tarn · CC du Cordais et du Causse (4 C) · INSEE 81265

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

No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Michel-de-Vax (INSEE 81265) is in Tarn (81), part of CC du Cordais et du Causse (4 C). Population 79 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 8,383 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.63	10	6.29
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 78 peak 1982: 89 2023: 79 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 65 (2012) → 79 (2023): 21.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 70 (1990) → 79 (2023): 12.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 61, of which 21.3 % second homes and 19.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.5 km SFood shop — 3.9 km SBakery — 6.1 km NWGP — 6.2 km NWPharmacy — 6.2 km NW 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 (Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Vaour): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vaour): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.7

Days at or below 0 °C 37.6

Muggy days a summer 4.6

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PUYCELSI weather station, 16.8 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 281 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PUYCELSI, 16.8 km away at 260 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 977 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VAOUR, 3.7 km away at 393 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 — 81265/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2024-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/3866dc4f-8d54-3928-a7b1-42a55c8ff8b3— “Marché de Saint Michel de Vax”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81265/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81265/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81265/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 82155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81309
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
Sarlabous	65	168 km SW	79	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Vidou	65	149 km SW	79	13.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Cornay	08	625 km N	69	12.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 77 %
Véry	55	624 km N	79	5.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Mouron	08	622 km N	78	10.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 77 %
Vaux-Lavalette	16	192 km NW	79	6.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vidou	65	149 km SW	79	13.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Sarlabous	65	168 km SW	79	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-Lavalette	16	192 km NW	79	6.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Mouron	08	622 km N	78	10.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 77 %
Véry	55	624 km N	79	5.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Cornay	08	625 km N	69	12.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 77 %

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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 Saint-Michel-de-Vax'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
Montauriol	11	92 km S	85	11	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers	11	96 km S	75	13.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mayreville	11	97 km S	86	12.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lavaur	24	84 km NW	85	6.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Peyrissas	31	116 km SW	86	9.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lubbon	40	145 km W	85	7.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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