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Salvagnac

Tarn · CA Gaillac-Graulhet · INSEE 81276

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

Partly served 57.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Salvagnac (INSEE 81276) is in Tarn (81), part of CA Gaillac-Graulhet. Population 1,237 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/81276-salvagnac

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 13,039 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.422510.54
Social0.632012.58
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend1109.98
Housing mix0.8854.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL DE LA TULIPE · CAKE PLANET BY JENNIFER). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA PAUSE FERMIERE). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (AL-AZME SALMA · LA GUINGUETTE · GOUTE A LI ! JESSICA LA FE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JACQUES SIRUGUE, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE PICARD, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE CAMBON). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SALVAGNAC BURALISTE LPR RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU PAYS SALVAGNACOIS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (VIRGINIE COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL LE RELAIS DES DEUX VALLÉES). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2FOURNIL DE LA TULIPE · CAKE PLANET BY JENNIFERINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2LA PAUSE FERMIEREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4AL-AZME SALMA · LA GUINGUETTE · GOUTE A LI ! JESSICA LA FEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CANTA GRELHINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2JACQUES SIRUGUE, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE PICARD, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1SARL PHARMACIE CAMBONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SALVAGNAC BURALISTE LPR RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU PAYS SALVAGNACOISINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1VIRGINIE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel1HÔTEL LE RELAIS DES DEUX VALLÉESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 1,016 2023: 1,237 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,123 (2012) → 1,237 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 826 (1990) → 1,237 (2023): 49.8 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 611, of which 6.1 % second homes and 10 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Salvagnac): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Salvagnac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

GP (Salvagnac): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Salvagnac): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Salvagnac): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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, 8.4 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 228 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at PUYCELSI, 8.4 km away at 260 m, over 21 summers. [11]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SALVAGNAC, 0.7 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81276/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/aad2253f-13c2-3d77-8ce8-02991ca0ad69— “Marché de producteurs locaux de Salvagnac”(unverified)
  6. DATAtourisme 2023-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/e0fd45e7-6da2-35da-90e5-720a7dfe324d— “Petit marché de Salvagnac”(unverified)
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81276/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81276/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81276/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81276
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Valence-d'Albigeois8159 km E1,27745Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Outarville45479 km N1,34340.1Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 76 %
Beaumont-du-Gâtinais77475 km N1,12942.3Partly servedno figures
Mortrée61541 km N1,11544.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Bernos-Beaulac33164 km W1,13149.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Cognac-la-Forêt87221 km N1,18844.3Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Valence-d'Albigeois8159 km E1,27745Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Bernos-Beaulac33164 km W1,13149.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Cognac-la-Forêt87221 km N1,18844.3Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Beaumont-du-Gâtinais77475 km N1,12942.3Partly servedno figures
Outarville45479 km N1,34340.1Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 76 %
Mortrée61541 km N1,11544.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Salvagnac'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bernos-Beaulac33164 km W1,13149.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Grignols33148 km W1,21658.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Jegun32100 km W1,17653.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lussac33183 km NW1,15140.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens33184 km NW1,34451.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Puisseguin33180 km NW83453.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %