Boussens

Haute-Garonne · CC Coeur de Garonne · INSEE 31084

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

Partly served 46.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boussens (INSEE 31084) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Coeur de Garonne. Population 1,135 (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/31084-boussens

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 75 % of the 13,582 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.92	10	9.24
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (2BGM). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SNC BUDERA). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LUGATY · METS & GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (EL LOCO). ^[4]

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

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ROCIO PADILLA RODRIGUEZ, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PIERRE CAZAVET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOUSSENS AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF EMILE LAGARDELLE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (SAS HOTEL DU LAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU LAC). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	2BGM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SNC BUDERA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LUGATY · METS & GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	EL LOCO	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ROCIO PADILLA RODRIGUEZ, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PIERRE CAZAVET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BOUSSENS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF EMILE LAGARDELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	KATTY COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	SAS HOTEL DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU LAC	INSEE 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: 734 2023: 1,135 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,097 (2012) → 1,135 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 797 (1990) → 1,135 (2023): 42.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 592, of which 2.5 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.8 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 (Boussens): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Boussens): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Boussens): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mazères-sur-Salat): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Boussens): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.2

Days at or below 0 °C 51.7

Muggy days a summer 6.7

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PALAMINY weather station, 6.8 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 266 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PALAMINY, 6.8 km away at 243 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PALAMINY, 6.8 km away at 243 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31084/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31084/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31084/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31084/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31084
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31336
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
Savignies	60	704 km N	933	59.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Gouaix	77	617 km N	1,299	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Longnes	78	641 km N	1,601	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Touquin	77	638 km N	1,253	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Bétheniville	51	728 km N	1,259	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Nancray	25	609 km NE	1,308	49.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nancray	25	609 km NE	1,308	49.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 %
Gouaix	77	617 km N	1,299	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Touquin	77	638 km N	1,253	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Longnes	78	641 km N	1,601	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Savignies	60	704 km N	933	59.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Bétheniville	51	728 km N	1,259	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Boussens'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
Cabanac-et-Villagrains	33	201 km NW	2,400	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vinça	66	140 km SE	2,260	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Caudrot	33	180 km NW	1,134	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne	19	212 km N	1,310	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Dieupentale	82	80 km N	1,655	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Laluque	40	176 km NW	1,102	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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