Valence-d'Albigeois

Tarn · CC Val 81 · INSEE 81308

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

Partly served 45/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valence-d'Albigeois (INSEE 81308) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Val 81. Population 1,277 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 45/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 12,834 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.57	10	5.7
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (LA FOURNEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CODISUD). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (OHANA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE DU COQ). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE EUSTACHE DE BEAUMARCHAIS). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SIMON ZWARYCZ, MÉDECIN · ANDRÉ DEYMIE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOUYSSIE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE VAL 81). ^[3]

1 × Bank (AGENCE VALENCE D'ALBIGEOIS). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (LES CHEVEUX AUX 4 VENTS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA FOURNEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CODISUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	2	OHANA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LA PLACE DU COQ	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU BOUTESCURE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE EUSTACHE DE BEAUMARCHAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	SIMON ZWARYCZ, MÉDECIN · ANDRÉ DEYMIE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BOUYSSIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE VAL 81	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	1	AGENCE VALENCE D'ALBIGEOIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	4	LES CHEVEUX AUX 4 VENTS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday, Sunday. ^[5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 1,155 peak 2012: 1,319 2023: 1,277 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,319 (2012) → 1,277 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,194 (1990) → 1,277 (2023): 7 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 636, of which 3.1 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.7 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 (Valence-d'Albigeois): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Valence-d'Albigeois): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Valence-d'Albigeois): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Valence-d'Albigeois): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Valence-d'Albigeois): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.2

Days at or below 0 °C 33.1

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TANUS weather station, 13.9 km away at 537 m; the village itself is at 466 m. ^[11]

The village sits 71 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TANUS, 13.9 km away at 537 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 71 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 939 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VALENCE-D-ALBI, 0.1 km away at 463 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5,6]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81308/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b96dcf20-77d9-34ab-87d2-f6652f062957— “Petit marché du mardi.”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b58308f5-4aad-3b8e-8258-cdbbc71e7835— “Petit marché du dimanche.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81308/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81308/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81308/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81308
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
Outarville	45	467 km N	1,343	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Salvagnac	81	59 km W	1,237	57.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Bernos-Beaulac	33	216 km W	1,131	49.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Doyet	03	260 km N	1,109	40.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Neuvy-le-Roi	37	423 km N	1,048	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse	89	481 km N	1,396	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Salvagnac	81	59 km W	1,237	57.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Bernos-Beaulac	33	216 km W	1,131	49.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Doyet	03	260 km N	1,109	40.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Neuvy-le-Roi	37	423 km N	1,048	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Outarville	45	467 km N	1,343	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse	89	481 km N	1,396	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Valence-d'Albigeois'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
Neuvy-le-Roi	37	423 km N	1,048	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde	16	258 km NW	1,254	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Civaux	86	302 km NW	1,210	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Herbault	41	411 km N	1,133	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chaunay	86	300 km NW	1,194	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Charroux	86	284 km NW	1,036	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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