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Bioule

Tarn-et-Garonne · CC Quercy Vert-Aveyron · INSEE 82018

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

Few services 30.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bioule (INSEE 82018) is in Tarn-et-Garonne (82), part of CC Quercy Vert-Aveyron. Population 1,201 (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/82018-bioule

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 13,197 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9554.76

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 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (CROC'N'ROLL · LES BOISSIERES). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BIOULE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON AMANDINE). [3,4]

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

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. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2CROC'N'ROLL · LES BOISSIERESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BIOULEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LE SALON AMANDINEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 647 2023: 1,201 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,090 (2012) → 1,201 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 674 (1990) → 1,201 (2023): 78.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 544, of which 2.4 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.8 km S (Nègrepelisse)GP — 1.9 km SW (Nègrepelisse)Bakery — 2.1 km SW (Nègrepelisse)Pharmacy — 2.2 km SW (Nègrepelisse)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km SGP — 1.9 km SWBakery — 2.1 km SWPharmacy — 2.2 km SW 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 (Nègrepelisse): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Nègrepelisse): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Nègrepelisse): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Nègrepelisse): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bioule): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BIOULE weather station, 2.6 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 92 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at MONTAUBAN, 14.6 km away at 106 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 735 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BIOULE, 2.6 km away at 92 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

80 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 207,905 € — 960 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Tarn-et-Garonne is 1,429 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]

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 — 82018/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82018/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82018/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82018/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 82134
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 82018
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Wavrans-sur-l'Aa62735 km N1,20324.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %
Auvers-Saint-Georges91492 km N1,22327.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sauveur-d'Émalleville76622 km N1,18126.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Hoffen67727 km NE1,16024.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Baron33168 km NW1,21832.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Mont64190 km W1,14629.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Baron33168 km NW1,21832.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Mont64190 km W1,14629.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 %
Auvers-Saint-Georges91492 km N1,22327.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sauveur-d'Émalleville76622 km N1,18126.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Hoffen67727 km NE1,16024.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Wavrans-sur-l'Aa62735 km N1,20324.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Bioule'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Valflaunès34190 km E79538.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Orgueil8223 km SW1,72038.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Notre-Dame-de-Londres34182 km E52036Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Meyrannes30211 km E79233.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Florentin8146 km SE76223Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
La Salvetat-Belmontet8214 km S99331.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %