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Saint-Projet

Tarn-et-Garonne · CC du Quercy Rouergue et des Gorges de l'Aveyron · INSEE 82172

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

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Projet (INSEE 82172) is in Tarn-et-Garonne (82), part of CC du Quercy Rouergue et des Gorges de l'Aveyron. Population 295 (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/82172-saint-projet

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,814 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.68106.85
Housing mix0.2551.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTOBISTROT CHEZ JANO). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PROJET AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT PROJET). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MEROU). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1RESTOBISTROT CHEZ JANOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale1SAINT PROJET APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT PROJETINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LE MEROUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 296 2023: 295 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 295 (2012) → 295 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 249 (1990) → 295 (2023): 18.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 303, of which 37.6 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.6 km NE (Vidaillac)Bakery — 6.0 km SW (Caylus)Primary school — 6.7 km SE (Parisot)GP — 8.4 km S (Caylus)Pharmacy — 8.4 km S (Caylus)
Food shop — 4.6 km NEBakery — 6.0 km SWPrimary school — 6.7 km SEGP — 8.4 km SPharmacy — 8.4 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 (Caylus): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vidaillac): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Caylus): 8.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Caylus): 8.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Parisot): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CAYLUS weather station, 7.7 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 347 m. [11]

The village sits 124 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CAYLUS, 11.8 km away at 274 m, over 23 summers. [11]

That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 916 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CAYLUS, 7.7 km away at 223 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82172/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82172/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82172/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82172/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 82038
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46333
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 82137
  11. 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
Sacierges-Saint-Martin36246 km N31217.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Le Monteil15124 km NE26117.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Lupersat23192 km N28816.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Neuilly-en-Sancerre18341 km N24421.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Carlucet4649 km N23022.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-les-Bains63210 km NE30115.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Carlucet4649 km N23022.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Le Monteil15124 km NE26117.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Lupersat23192 km N28816.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Châteauneuf-les-Bains63210 km NE30115.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Sacierges-Saint-Martin36246 km N31217.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Neuilly-en-Sancerre18341 km N24421.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Saint-Projet'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
Fleurac24100 km NW32820.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Leynhac1563 km NE29715.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Marminiac4662 km NW34918.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Loupiac4663 km NW28011.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lunac1227 km E43526.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Peyrusse-le-Roc1235 km NE19715.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %