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Golfech

Tarn-et-Garonne · CC des Deux Rives · INSEE 82072

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Golfech (INSEE 82072) is in Tarn-et-Garonne (82), part of CC des Deux Rives. Population 1,007 (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/82072-golfech

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 14,292 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 food0.34258.55
Social0.782015.5
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9254.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA GOLFECHOISE · GOURMAND-TINE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE VIEZ). [3,4]

5 × Restaurant (AU CUPIDON · CAFE DES ARCADES · YAMATOYA · ERTAUD GOL · PAELLA MACHUCA). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DES ARCADES). [4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ÉLODIE LYSZYK, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GOLFECH RP). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE MIXTE FLORIANE CACERES · CHERRY TIF'S). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2LA GOLFECHOISE · GOURMAND-TINEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1LA BOUCHERIE VIEZINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant5AU CUPIDON · CAFE DES ARCADES · YAMATOYA · ERTAUD GOL · PAELLA MACHUCAINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar2CAFE DES ARCADESINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1ÉLODIE LYSZYK, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1GOLFECH RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2COIFFURE MIXTE FLORIANE CACERES · CHERRY TIF'SINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 555 2023: 1,007 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 959 (2012) → 1,007 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 555 (1990) → 1,007 (2023): 81.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 499, of which 4.2 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 2.8 km NW (Lamagistère)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.8 km NW 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 (Golfech): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Golfech): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Golfech): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Lamagistère): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Golfech): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]

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 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, 1.8 km away at 64 m; the village itself is at 59 m. [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, 1.8 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82072/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82072/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82072/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82072/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 82072
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 82089
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cheffes49404 km N1,04447.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 92 %
Rauville-la-Bigot50631 km N1,08240.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Bertrichamps54662 km NE1,08133.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 50 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil37357 km N1,11643.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 93 %
Lamagdelaine4664 km NE72152.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Allouville-Bellefosse76610 km N1,15345.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 88 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lamagdelaine4664 km NE72152.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil37357 km N1,11643.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 93 %
Cheffes49404 km N1,04447.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 92 %
Allouville-Bellefosse76610 km N1,15345.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 88 %
Rauville-la-Bigot50631 km N1,08240.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Bertrichamps54662 km NE1,08133.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 50 %

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