Sorèze
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 55.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sorèze (INSEE 81288) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Aux sources du Canal du Midi. Population 2,965 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/81288-soreze
Vitality score
Vitality score 55.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 78 % of the 7,183 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 | 0.81 | 20 | 16.3 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.11 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE LA PETITE D'AME · U'EXPRESS). [4,3]
12 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT SAINT MARTIN · ESPACE SPORT ET NATURE · PETIT MEKONG). [4,3]
2 × Café / bar (CONCEPT LOISIRS · LE CAFE DES PROMENADES). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE BENAZECH). [4]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MONIQUE FRAYSSE-CASAL, MÉDECIN · DAMIA CASAL, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE PELISSIER, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE NOTRE DAME). [4,3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE SPORTIF). [4]
1 × Bank (AGENCE SOREZE). [4]
1 × Hairdresser (MORGANITE COIFFURE). [4,3]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4,3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING SAINT MARTIN). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | L'EPICERIE DE LA PETITE D'AME · U'EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 12 | RESTAURANT SAINT MARTIN · ESPACE SPORT ET NATURE · PETIT MEKONG | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CONCEPT LOISIRS · LE CAFE DES PROMENADES | INSEE SIRENE 2 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE BENAZECH | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | MONIQUE FRAYSSE-CASAL, MÉDECIN · DAMIA CASAL, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE PELISSIER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE NOTRE DAME | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | CENTRE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 1 | AGENCE SOREZE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Hairdresser | 1 | MORGANITE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING SAINT MARTIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Sunday (seasonal). No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,675 (2012) → 2,965 (2023): 10.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,954 (1990) → 2,965 (2023): 51.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,692, of which 8.9 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Revel): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Sorèze): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Sorèze): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Sorèze): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Sorèze): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the DOURGNE weather station, 7.1 km away at 234 m; the village itself is at 275 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DOURGNE, 7.1 km away at 234 m, over 16 summers. [11]
An average of 1,236 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LES CAMMAZES, 4.6 km away at 614 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81288/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-soreze.fr/agenda/categorie/marches/liste/— “Marché de Noël à Sorèze – Dimanche 22 novembre”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81288/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81288/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81288/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31451
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81288
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thuré | 86 | 396 km N | 2,765 | 42.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 % |
| Val en Vignes | 79 | 442 km NW | 2,020 | 40.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 % |
| Briscous | 64 | 275 km W | 2,965 | 61.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
| Villefranque | 64 | 284 km W | 3,069 | 46.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
| Mercurol-Veaunes | 26 | 288 km NE | 2,816 | 43.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 % |
| Gambais | 78 | 592 km N | 2,574 | 51.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briscous | 64 | 275 km W | 2,965 | 61.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
| Villefranque | 64 | 284 km W | 3,069 | 46.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
| Mercurol-Veaunes | 26 | 288 km NE | 2,816 | 43.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 % |
| Thuré | 86 | 396 km N | 2,765 | 42.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 % |
| Val en Vignes | 79 | 442 km NW | 2,020 | 40.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 % |
| Gambais | 78 | 592 km N | 2,574 | 51.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Sorèze'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamarde-les-Bains | 40 | 239 km W | 1,583 | 45.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montblanc | 34 | 105 km E | 2,932 | 58.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Soual | 81 | 12 km N | 2,637 | 56 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Thibéry | 34 | 109 km E | 3,132 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lézignan-la-Cèbe | 34 | 111 km E | 1,580 | 47.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clairac | 47 | 169 km NW | 2,606 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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