Saint-Michel

Identity

Saint-Michel (INSEE 82166) is in Tarn-et-Garonne (82), part of CC des Deux Rives. Population 261 (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/82166-saint-michel

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,386 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O PAIN D'ANTAN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS ST MICHEL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 237 (2012) → 261 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 230 (1990) → 261 (2023): 13.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 170, of which 18.2 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Auvillar): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Auvillar): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Auvillar): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Auvillar): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bardigues): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VALENCE weather station, 11 km away at 64 m; the village itself is at 129 m. ^[10]

The village sits 65 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]

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

Humidity measured at CASTELSARRASIN, 15.9 km away at 73 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 56 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CASTERA-B, 3.4 km away at 119 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 — 82166/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82166/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82166/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82166/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 82008
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 82010
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024