Técou

Tarn · CA Gaillac-Graulhet · INSEE 81294

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

Few services 35.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Técou (INSEE 81294) is in Tarn (81), part of CA Gaillac-Graulhet. Population 1,103 (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 35.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 13,736 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (POOL STOCK). ^[3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL MORE & FILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MOBILE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	POOL STOCK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL MORE & FILS	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MOBILE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 528 2023: 1,103 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 935 (2012) → 1,103 (2023): 18 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 554 (1990) → 1,103 (2023): 99.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 447, of which 1.8 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.9 km NWGP — 2.5 km EPharmacy — 2.5 km EFood shop — 2.7 km E 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 (Técou): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cadalen): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cadalen): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cadalen): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Técou): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.2

Days at or below 0 °C 46.1

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CADALEN weather station, 4.3 km away at 199 m; the village itself is at 250 m. ^[10]

The village sits 51 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 ALBI, 15.6 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 78 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 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CADALEN, 4.3 km away at 199 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 — 81294/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81294/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81294/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81294/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81294
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81046
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
Eclassan	07	267 km NE	1,054	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Langan	35	571 km NW	1,106	41.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Talencieux	07	272 km NE	1,112	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lieuron	35	538 km NW	811	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Précieux	42	260 km NE	1,042	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Montreuil-sous-Pérouse	35	538 km NW	1,043	28	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Précieux	42	260 km NE	1,042	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Eclassan	07	267 km NE	1,054	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Talencieux	07	272 km NE	1,112	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lieuron	35	538 km NW	811	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Montreuil-sous-Pérouse	35	538 km NW	1,043	28	Few services	no figures
Langan	35	571 km NW	1,106	41.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 88 % · 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 Técou'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
Chaveyriat	01	358 km NE	1,078	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes	24	161 km NW	1,038	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Hauterive	03	276 km NE	1,186	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Brens	01	362 km NE	1,123	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac	07	240 km NE	887	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cassien	38	331 km NE	1,154	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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