Sainte-Croix

Identity

Sainte-Croix (INSEE 81326) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Carmausin-Ségala. Population 417 (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/81326-sainte-croix

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 17,988 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 373 (2012) → 417 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 305 (1990) → 417 (2023): 36.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 3.1 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villeneuve-sur-Vère): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Castelnau-de-Lévis): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Castelnau-de-Lévis): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Castelnau-de-Lévis): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sainte-Croix): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ALBI-MAN weather station, 6.3 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 223 m. ^[11]

The village sits 61 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 7.4 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 51 m below 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 788 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ALBI-MAN, 6.3 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81326/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81326/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81326/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81326/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81319
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81063
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81326
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024