Varen

Tarn-et-Garonne · CC du Quercy Rouergue et des Gorges de l'Aveyron · INSEE 82187

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

Partly served 52.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varen (INSEE 82187) is in Tarn-et-Garonne (82), part of CC du Quercy Rouergue et des Gorges de l'Aveyron. Population 640 (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/82187-varen

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 16,807 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.24	10	2.36
Housing mix	0.4	5	2.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL · SECCOTINE, EPICERIE FINE !). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA SOURCELLERIE · AUBERGE LE MOULIN DE VAREN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DES SPORTS). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEANNE SAVOURET-GREFF, MÉDECIN · PIERRE EMMANUEL FABRE, MÉDECIN · SASKIA DE VRIES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE VAREN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VAREN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (EMILIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (LE CAMP). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	2	VIVAL · SECCOTINE, EPICERIE FINE !	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	LA SOURCELLERIE · AUBERGE LE MOULIN DE VAREN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DES SPORTS	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)	3	JEANNE SAVOURET-GREFF, MÉDECIN · PIERRE EMMANUEL FABRE, MÉDECIN · SASKIA DE VRIES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE VAREN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VAREN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	EMILIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	3	LE CAMP	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,118 2023: 640 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 670 (2012) → 640 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 870 (1990) → 640 (2023): -26.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 595, of which 29.9 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.6 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 (Verfeil): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varen): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Varen): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Varen): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Varen): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 49.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 38

Muggy days a summer 5.2

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GINALS weather station, 6.6 km away at 319 m; the village itself is at 149 m. ^[10]

The village sits 170 m below 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 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CAYLUS, 16.6 km away at 274 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 125 m above 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 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GINALS, 6.6 km away at 319 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 — 82187/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82187/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82187/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 82187/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 82191
INSEE BPE 2025 — 82187
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
La Motte-du-Caire	04	330 km E	546	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Carlux	24	91 km NW	671	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Genouilly	18	337 km N	657	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Saulge	58	351 km N	650	57	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Laguépie	82	6.3 km E	644	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Martin-Valmeroux	15	115 km N	716	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laguépie	82	6.3 km E	644	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Carlux	24	91 km NW	671	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-Valmeroux	15	115 km N	716	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
La Motte-du-Caire	04	330 km E	546	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Genouilly	18	337 km N	657	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Saulge	58	351 km N	650	57	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Varen'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
Le Collet-de-Dèze	48	162 km E	684	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Alet-les-Bains	11	133 km S	379	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saou	26	258 km E	590	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Carsan	30	215 km E	768	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Roaix	84	249 km E	626	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Cabrières	34	135 km SE	560	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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