Virac

Tarn · CC Carmausin-Ségala · INSEE 81322

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

Few services 27/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Virac (INSEE 81322) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Carmausin-Ségala. Population 252 (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/81322-virac

Vitality score

Vitality score 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,272 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.4
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (HIGH FLY SOCIETY). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	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	HIGH FLY SOCIETY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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: 263 2023: 252 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 216 (2012) → 252 (2023): 16.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 252 (2023): 14 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 10.9 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.9 km NEBakery — 5.0 km SPharmacy — 5.0 km NEGP — 7.3 km W 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 (Villeneuve-sur-Vère): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Monestiés): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cordes-sur-Ciel): 7.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Monestiés): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Virac): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.1

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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. ^[12]

Measured at the ALBI-MAN weather station, 13.2 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 320 m. ^[12]

The village sits 158 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 15.8 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 148 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CORDES, 7.8 km away at 174 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81322/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81322/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81322/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81322/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81319
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81170
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81069
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81322
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
Joyeux	01	321 km NE	262	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Mauger	76	627 km N	243	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Vindecy	71	299 km NE	244	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac	32	173 km W	230	27	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %
Vielle-Tursan	40	204 km W	283	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-André	31	129 km SW	239	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-André	31	129 km SW	239	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac	32	173 km W	230	27	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %
Vielle-Tursan	40	204 km W	283	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 14 %
Vindecy	71	299 km NE	244	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Joyeux	01	321 km NE	262	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Mauger	76	627 km N	243	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 68 % · 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 Virac'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
Joyeux	01	321 km NE	262	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Brassac	82	88 km W	254	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Suze	26	256 km E	245	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Issepts	46	71 km N	266	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Murs-et-Gélignieux	01	336 km NE	239	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aigny	36	300 km N	276	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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