Saussenac

Tarn · CC Val 81 · INSEE 81277

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

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saussenac (INSEE 81277) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Val 81. Population 632 (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 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 16,836 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (GAUJAL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	GAUJAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	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	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: 361 2023: 632 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 540 (2012) → 632 (2023): 17 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 392 (1990) → 632 (2023): 61.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 267, of which 4.5 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km WBakery — 4.6 km NWGP — 4.6 km NWPharmacy — 4.7 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 (Valderiès): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saussenac): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Valderiès): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Valderiès): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saussenac): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.5

Days at or below 0 °C 57.5

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ALBI-MAN weather station, 11.7 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 387 m. ^[10]

The village sits 225 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at TANUS, 13.5 km away at 537 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 150 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 939 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VALENCE-D-ALBI, 10.5 km away at 463 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 — 81277/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81277/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81277/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81277/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81306
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81277
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
Courcebœufs	72	487 km N	640	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %
Belmont	38	295 km NE	636	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Manderen-Ritzing	57	685 km NE	613	29.2	Few services	no figures
Saint-Bardoux	26	246 km NE	599	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Quiers	77	516 km N	650	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Bieujac	33	203 km W	654	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bieujac	33	203 km W	654	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Bardoux	26	246 km NE	599	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Belmont	38	295 km NE	636	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Courcebœufs	72	487 km N	640	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %
Quiers	77	516 km N	650	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Manderen-Ritzing	57	685 km NE	613	29.2	Few services	no figures

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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 Saussenac'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
Saint-Bardoux	26	246 km NE	599	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Varambon	01	330 km NE	675	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Vaunaveys-la-Rochette	26	236 km NE	625	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vendenesse-sur-Arroux	71	325 km NE	552	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bussières	71	323 km NE	580	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Laubressel	10	502 km N	551	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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