Castanet

Identity

Castanet (INSEE 82029) is in Tarn-et-Garonne (82), part of CC du Quercy Rouergue et des Gorges de l'Aveyron. Population 264 (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/82029-castanet

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 17,458 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 240 (2012) → 264 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 240 (1990) → 264 (2023): 10 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 211, of which 39.3 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Monteils): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Monteils): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Monteils): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Fouillade): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Monteils): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GINALS weather station, 8.9 km away at 319 m; the village itself is at 370 m. ^[10]

The village sits 51 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. ^[10]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GINALS, 8.9 km away at 319 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

28 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 167,275 € — 1,752 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Tarn-et-Garonne is 1,429 € per m², so this commune sits above 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 — 82029/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82029/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82029/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82029/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12150
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12105
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025