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Aurignac

Haute-Garonne · CC Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges · INSEE 31028

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

Served 60.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aurignac (INSEE 31028) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges. Population 1,229 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/31028-aurignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 13,069 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 food0.552513.81
Social0.72014.09
Education0.39103.93
Health0.67106.72
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.75107.5
Housing mix0.8554.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 2 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) (VINADELLE - ZINCK · AU PARADIS DU GOUT). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (S.E. BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE SUSPENE). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES OLIVIERS · DOLCE VILLA). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (POOL CAFE · LA POSTE). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JOSEPHINE BAKER). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE EMILE-PAUL VAYSSIE). [3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AMANDINE TERRET, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE GREZY-CHABARDES, MÉDECIN · JEAN FRANCOIS DELPU, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD CHABARDES, MÉDECIN · FABIEN CLAUX, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES TROIS TOURS). [3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORT). [3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · AGENCE D'AURIGNAC). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (SO-COIFFURE · ATELIER 13). [3,4]

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

1 × Hotel. [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES PETITES PYRENEES). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2VINADELLE - ZINCK · AU PARADIS DU GOUTINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2S.E. BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE SUSPENEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR CONTACTINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3LES OLIVIERS · DOLCE VILLAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar2POOL CAFE · LA POSTEINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JOSEPHINE BAKERINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE EMILE-PAUL VAYSSIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)6AMANDINE TERRET, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE GREZY-CHABARDES, MÉDECIN · JEAN FRANCOIS DELPU, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD CHABARDES, MÉDECIN · FABIEN CLAUX, MÉDECININSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DES TROIS TOURSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE DE SPORTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · AGENCE D'AURIGNACINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser2SO-COIFFURE · ATELIER 13INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LES PETITES PYRENEESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 971 2023: 1,229 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,174 (2012) → 1,229 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 983 (1990) → 1,229 (2023): 25 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 727, of which 7.3 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 0.5 km E (Aurignac)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km E 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 (Aurignac): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Aurignac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

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

Pharmacy (Aurignac): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Aurignac): 0.2 km to the south (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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the PALAMINY weather station, 13.8 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 386 m. [9]

The village sits 143 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at PALAMINY, 13.8 km away at 243 m, over 23 summers. [9]

That station sits 143 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 809 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at BOUSSAN, 3 km away at 287 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31028/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31028/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31028/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31028/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31028
  9. 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
Pontailler-sur-Saône21576 km NE1,27751.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 %
Coincy02689 km N1,30846.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Sauxillanges63326 km NE1,31657.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Wihr-au-Val68728 km NE1,19545Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Lalevade-d'Ardèche07318 km NE1,12057.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Origny-Sainte-Benoite02763 km N1,58749.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 81 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lalevade-d'Ardèche07318 km NE1,12057.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Sauxillanges63326 km NE1,31657.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Pontailler-sur-Saône21576 km NE1,27751.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 %
Coincy02689 km N1,30846.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Wihr-au-Val68728 km NE1,19545Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Origny-Sainte-Benoite02763 km N1,58749.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 81 %

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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 Aurignac'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
Champs-sur-Yonne89545 km N1,51349.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-Losne21552 km NE99070.9ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bletterans39532 km NE1,52865.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier58434 km NE1,82348.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sessenheim67828 km NE2,34250.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Beaujeu69439 km NE2,08262.9ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %