Souel

Tarn · CC du Cordais et du Causse (4 C) · INSEE 81290

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 19/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souel (INSEE 81290) is in Tarn (81), part of CC du Cordais et du Causse (4 C). Population 175 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 19/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 15,200 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.61	10	6.15
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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: 162 peak 2012: 189 2023: 175 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 189 (2012) → 175 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 157 (1990) → 175 (2023): 11.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 119, of which 13.4 % second homes and 17.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.0 km SWFood shop — 3.5 km NBakery — 3.6 km NGP — 3.7 km NPharmacy — 3.7 km N 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 (Cordes-sur-Ciel): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cordes-sur-Ciel): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cordes-sur-Ciel): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cordes-sur-Ciel): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Donnazac): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.8

Days at or below 0 °C 37.7

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTELS weather station, 8.7 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 289 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 18.2 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 117 m below 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 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CORDES, 4.9 km away at 174 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 — 81290/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81290/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81290/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81290/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81069
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81080
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
Fraisse	24	165 km NW	171	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Amathay-Vésigneux	25	469 km NE	175	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Villefranche-d'Astarac	32	120 km SW	169	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Mutigney	39	456 km NE	176	18.4	No daily shops	no figures
Perville	82	88 km W	165	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Notre-Dame-d'Estrées-Corbon	14	588 km N	185	16.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Perville	82	88 km W	165	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Villefranche-d'Astarac	32	120 km SW	169	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Fraisse	24	165 km NW	171	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Mutigney	39	456 km NE	176	18.4	No daily shops	no figures
Amathay-Vésigneux	25	469 km NE	175	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Notre-Dame-d'Estrées-Corbon	14	588 km N	185	16.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Souel'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
Bost	03	269 km NE	183	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Murs-et-Gélignieux	01	343 km NE	239	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais	16	202 km NW	241	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Chamarand	46	82 km NW	192	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Issepts	46	72 km N	266	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fabas	31	117 km SW	196	10	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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