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Taïx

Tarn · CC Carmausin-Ségala · INSEE 81291

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 17.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Taïx (INSEE 81291) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Carmausin-Ségala. Population 553 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/81291-taix

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 17,476 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9554.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 1 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 325 2023: 553 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 411 (2012) → 553 (2023): 34.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 285 (1990) → 553 (2023): 94 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 246, of which 2.4 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.0 km SE (Cagnac-les-Mines)GP — 2.7 km SE (Cagnac-les-Mines)Pharmacy — 2.8 km SE (Cagnac-les-Mines)Primary school — 2.9 km SE (Cagnac-les-Mines)Bakery — 3.0 km SE (Cagnac-les-Mines)
Food shop — 2.0 km SEGP — 2.7 km SEPharmacy — 2.8 km SEPrimary school — 2.9 km SEBakery — 3.0 km SE 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 (Cagnac-les-Mines): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cagnac-les-Mines): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Cagnac-les-Mines): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Cagnac-les-Mines): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Cagnac-les-Mines): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ALBI-MAN weather station, 6.5 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 298 m. [9]

The village sits 136 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 10.4 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. [9]

That station sits 126 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 788 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ALBI-MAN, 6.5 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81291/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81291/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81291/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81291/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81048
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Hombourg-Budange57670 km NE56214.7No daily shopsno figures
Amberre86343 km NW56517.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Bussus-lès-Yaucourt80679 km N55617.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Crestot27585 km N54417.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 89 %
Léglantiers60611 km N54817.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Drevant18300 km N55511.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Drevant18300 km N55511.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Amberre86343 km NW56517.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Crestot27585 km N54417.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 89 %
Léglantiers60611 km N54817.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Hombourg-Budange57670 km NE56214.7No daily shopsno figures
Bussus-lès-Yaucourt80679 km N55617.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Taïx'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
Arthémonay26264 km NE61317.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vendenesse-sur-Arroux71329 km NE55217.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Planioles4670 km N55424.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Poulan-Pouzols8117 km S47821.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Grégoire8112 km SE47824.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Labastide-Gabausse814.0 km NW54721.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %