Saliès

Identity

Saliès (INSEE 81274) is in Tarn (81), part of CA de l'Albigeois (C2A). Population 806 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/81274-salies

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 15,597 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]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ASSOCIATION ATOUT LIRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 802 (2012) → 806 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 611 (1990) → 806 (2023): 31.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 352, of which 0.6 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Carlus): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Sequestre): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Albi): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Albi): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saliès): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ALBI weather station, 2.8 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 236 m. ^[12]

The village sits 64 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 2.8 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 64 m below 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 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ALBI, 2.8 km away at 172 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

41 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 231,700 € — 2,105 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Tarn is 1,319 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[13]

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 — 81274/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81274/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81274/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81274/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81059
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81284
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81004
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81274
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025