Espalais

Tarn-et-Garonne · CC des Deux Rives · INSEE 82054

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

Few services 36.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Espalais (INSEE 82054) is in Tarn-et-Garonne (82), part of CC des Deux Rives. Population 373 (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/82054-espalais

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 18,034 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.52	10	5.16
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 (LES DELICES D'HANOI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ESPALAIS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	LES DELICES D'HANOI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	ESPALAIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ESPALAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 236 peak 2012: 407 2023: 373 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 407 (2012) → 373 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 367 (1990) → 373 (2023): 1.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 206, of which 13.6 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.9 km SFood shop — 0.9 km SPharmacy — 0.9 km SWGP — 1.2 km S 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 (Auvillar): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Auvillar): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Auvillar): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Auvillar): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Espalais): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 48.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 37.3

Muggy days a summer 7.3

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 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VALENCE weather station, 5 km away at 64 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CASTELSARRASIN, 18.1 km away at 73 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VALENCE, 5 km away at 64 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82054/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82054/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82054/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82054/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 82008
INSEE BPE 2025 — 82054
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
Lépaud	23	267 km NE	359	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 14 % · humidity 57 %
Les Albres	12	113 km NE	346	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 72 %
Couthures-sur-Garonne	47	82 km NW	365	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Reffannes	79	288 km N	386	42.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 15 % · winter 97 %
Senonnes	53	445 km N	392	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Nazaire-de-Ladarez	34	186 km E	327	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Couthures-sur-Garonne	47	82 km NW	365	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Les Albres	12	113 km NE	346	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Nazaire-de-Ladarez	34	186 km E	327	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Lépaud	23	267 km NE	359	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 14 % · humidity 57 %
Reffannes	79	288 km N	386	42.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 15 % · winter 97 %
Senonnes	53	445 km N	392	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 74 %

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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 Espalais'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
Escosse	09	118 km SE	356	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Alet-les-Bains	11	162 km SE	379	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fongrave	47	46 km NW	629	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Valvignères	07	296 km E	440	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Cazedarnes	34	186 km E	682	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Pommevic	82	3.4 km NE	599	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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