Sémalens

Identity

Sémalens (INSEE 81281) is in Tarn (81), part of CC du Sor et de l'Agout. Population 2,020 (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/81281-semalens

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 9,564 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O PAIN DES LISSES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE COMPTOIR EPICIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (C. LE POCHAT). ^[3,4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALEXANDRE GAILLAC, MÉDECIN · JULIE MEZIERES, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE HOMPS, MÉDECIN · ALAIN PAGES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VALLEE DU SOR). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (MAISON DES JEUNES · GYMNASE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (RAPID'COIFF · CREA'TIF · CARLES FLORIANE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

Market and village life

Monthly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. See the source for which week of the month. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 2,004 (2012) → 2,020 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,651 (1990) → 2,020 (2023): 22.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,009, of which 2.7 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sémalens): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Sémalens): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sémalens): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sémalens): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sémalens): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PUYLAURENS weather station, 8.6 km away at 312 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[10]

The village sits 157 m below 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 12 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DOURGNE, 11.5 km away at 234 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 79 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 778 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PUYLAURENS, 8.6 km away at 312 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

131 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 169,700 € — 1,197 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Tarn is 1,319 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

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

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81281/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/05eb1dbf-8eff-3402-9c2f-e9d7bd69de28— “Le marché a lieu le deuxième dimanche de chaque mois de 8h à 12h place des Promenades face à la Mairie et devant le MJC.”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81281/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81281/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81281/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81281
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025