Balma

Haute-Garonne · Toulouse Métropole · INSEE 31044

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

Served 60.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Balma (INSEE 31044) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of Toulouse Métropole. Population 17,772 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/31044-balma

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 1,354 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	0.43	25	10.75
Social	0.7	20	13.92
Education	0.46	10	4.65
Health	0.67	10	6.69
Public & culture	0.17	5	0.85
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON GUILLOT · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · GOURMANDISES · MAISON REYNAUD · LE FOURNIL D'HANNA). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (GRAND FRAIS · BAL.MA). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CONSERVERIE ARTISANALE LARROQUE · CARREFOUR CITY · LE PETIT CASINO). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (LIDL · TOTANA · ALDI MARCHE · C3G DIST). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE BALMANAISE). ^[3,4]

50 × Restaurant (LE CHALET DES MOISSONS · LA TABLE D'ASIE · TUTTO VA BENE · L'ENVOL · COTE CARMES). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE CENTRAL · COCO CLUB). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE GASTON BONHEUR · ECOLE MATERNELLE MARIE LAURENCIN). ^[3]

5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE LAURENCIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE GASTON BONHEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JOSE CABANIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN ROSTAND). ^[3]

23 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAVID DULYS, MÉDECIN · MARIE-ODILE FAIXO, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PIERRE COURONNE, MÉDECIN · LAURENT VANTIN, MÉDECIN · ALIZÉ TRESOLDI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

4 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ROUX · PHARMACIE DU CYPRIE · PHARMACIE DES ECOLES · PHARMACIE DE LA MARQUEILLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (BALMA GALILEE RP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

4 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE LATECOERE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN ROSTAND · LYCEE PRIVE SALIEGES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE LAURENCIN). ^[3]

29 × Bank (BANQUE TRANSATLANTIQUE · AGENCE DE BALMA · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL MIDI ATLANTIQUE · CAISSE DES PROFESSIONS DE SANTE · FEDERATION CREDIT MUTUEL MIDI ATLANTIQUE). ^[3]

14 × Hairdresser (L'AME AGIT). ^[3,4]

4 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (KYRIAD). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 11 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 2 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	9	MAISON GUILLOT · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · GOURMANDISES · MAISON REYNAUD · LE FOURNIL D'HANNA	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	GRAND FRAIS · BAL.MA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	CONSERVERIE ARTISANALE LARROQUE · CARREFOUR CITY · LE PETIT CASINO	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	LIDL · TOTANA · ALDI MARCHE · C3G DIST	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	POISSONNERIE BALMANAISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	50	LE CHALET DES MOISSONS · LA TABLE D'ASIE · TUTTO VA BENE · L'ENVOL · COTE CARMES	INSEE BPE 50 / INSEE SIRENE 68 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE CENTRAL · COCO CLUB	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE GASTON BONHEUR · ECOLE MATERNELLE MARIE LAURENCIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	5	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE LAURENCIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE GASTON BONHEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JOSE CABANIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN ROSTAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	23	DAVID DULYS, MÉDECIN · MARIE-ODILE FAIXO, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PIERRE COURONNE, MÉDECIN · LAURENT VANTIN, MÉDECIN · ALIZÉ TRESOLDI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 23 [3]
Pharmacy	4	PHARMACIE ROUX · PHARMACIE DU CYPRIE · PHARMACIE DES ECOLES · PHARMACIE DE LA MARQUEILLE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	BALMA GALILEE RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	4	COMPLEXE LATECOERE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN ROSTAND · LYCEE PRIVE SALIEGES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE LAURENCIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	29	BANQUE TRANSATLANTIQUE · AGENCE DE BALMA · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL MIDI ATLANTIQUE · CAISSE DES PROFESSIONS DE SANTE · FEDERATION CREDIT MUTUEL MIDI ATLANTIQUE	INSEE BPE 29 [3]
Hairdresser	14	L'AME AGIT	INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4]
Fuel station	4	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel	1	KYRIAD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday, Saturday matin avenue des Mimosas. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 4,276 2023: 17,772 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 14,245 (2012) → 17,772 (2023): 24.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 9,506 (1990) → 17,772 (2023): 87 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 8,825, of which 1.8 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 0.5 km NPharmacy — 0.5 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 (Balma): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Balma): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Balma): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Balma): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.2

Days at or below 0 °C 27.4

Muggy days a summer 7.8

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AUZEVILLE-TOLOSANE-INRAE weather station, 8.6 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AUZEVILLE-TOLOSANE-INRAE, 8.6 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 692 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BALMA, 1.1 km away at 139 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31044/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mairie-balma.fr/marches-de-plein-vent/— “Chaque semaine, les mardis et samedis matin, producteurs, artisans et commerçants s'installent le long de l'avenue des Mimosas au centre-ville”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31044/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31044/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31044/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31044
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
Garches	92	585 km N	17,743	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
Jouy-le-Moutier	95	603 km N	17,854	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Soisy-sous-Montmorency	95	602 km N	18,008	61.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Osny	95	609 km N	17,954	61.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %
Écully	69	354 km NE	17,944	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Limay	78	599 km N	17,885	61	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Écully	69	354 km NE	17,944	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Garches	92	585 km N	17,743	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
Limay	78	599 km N	17,885	61	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Soisy-sous-Montmorency	95	602 km N	18,008	61.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Jouy-le-Moutier	95	603 km N	17,854	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Osny	95	609 km N	17,954	61.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Balma'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
Bruges	33	220 km NW	20,020	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Ramonville-Saint-Agne	31	6.9 km S	15,158	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plaisance-du-Touch	31	17 km W	21,079	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Eysines	33	223 km NW	24,825	71.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bouscat	33	218 km NW	25,081	69.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Blagnac	31	8.9 km W	27,604	71.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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