Vénès

Identity

Vénès (INSEE 81311) is in Tarn (81), part of CC du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout. Population 718 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/81311-venes

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,277 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DE VERO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE LOCAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-THERESE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VENES AP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 749 (2012) → 718 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 558 (1990) → 718 (2023): 28.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 387, of which 3.4 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lautrec): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vénès): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lautrec): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Réalmont): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vénès): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BURLATS weather station, 12.1 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 257 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTREDON-LABESSONNIE, 13.2 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 309 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 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at REALMONT, 5.8 km away at 219 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 163,500 € — 1,272 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Tarn is 1,319 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81311/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81311/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81311/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81311/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81139
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81311
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81222
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025