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Ambax

Haute-Garonne · CC Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges · INSEE 31007

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 6.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambax (INSEE 31007) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges. Population 57 (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/31007-ambax

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 5,756 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.24102.4
Housing mix0.5652.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 83 2023: 57 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 73 (2012) → 57 (2023): -21.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 77 (1990) → 57 (2023): -26 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 36, of which 22.2 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 3.4 km S (Labastide-Paumès)Food shop — 5.4 km E (Montpezat)GP — 7.7 km W (L'Isle-en-Dodon)Bakery — 7.8 km W (L'Isle-en-Dodon)Pharmacy — 11.4 km N (Lombez)
Primary school — 3.4 km SFood shop — 5.4 km EGP — 7.7 km WBakery — 7.8 km WPharmacy — 11.4 km N 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 (L'Isle-en-Dodon): 7.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montpezat): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (L'Isle-en-Dodon): 7.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Lombez): 11.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Labastide-Paumès): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). [11]

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 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the MONDAVEZAN weather station, 18.9 km away at 261 m; the village itself is at 266 m. [12]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at FABAS, 6 km away at 330 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31007/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31007/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31007/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31007/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31239
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32289
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32213
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31251
  12. 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
Cazals-des-Baylès0988 km E5715.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Broussey-en-Blois55686 km NE579.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 99 %
Savigny52607 km NE587.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 68 %
Puihardy79370 km N5812.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 %
Brie02720 km N558.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 82 %
Gogney54741 km NE587.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 59 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cazals-des-Baylès0988 km E5715.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Puihardy79370 km N5812.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 %
Savigny52607 km NE587.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 68 %
Broussey-en-Blois55686 km NE579.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 99 %
Brie02720 km N558.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 82 %
Gogney54741 km NE587.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 59 %

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