Capens

Haute-Garonne · CC du Volvestre · INSEE 31104

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

Partly served 46.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Capens (INSEE 31104) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC du Volvestre. Population 637 (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/31104-capens

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,806 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

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

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant (BURGER KING). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	BURGER KING	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 238 peak 2012: 674 2023: 637 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 674 (2012) → 637 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 253 (1990) → 637 (2023): 151.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 264, of which 0.4 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km NPharmacy — 2.2 km NEBakery — 2.5 km NEGP — 2.6 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 (Noé): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Capens): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Longages): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Noé): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Capens): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.4

Days at or below 0 °C 38.2

Muggy days a summer 8.1

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MURET-LHERM weather station, 12.8 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 192 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MURET-LHERM, 12.8 km away at 189 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

An average of 699 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LACAUGNE, 5.3 km away at 257 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31399
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31104
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31303
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
Os-Marsillon	64	152 km W	547	43.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 43 %
Bonnée	45	504 km N	696	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Labarde	33	241 km NW	623	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
West-Cappel	59	849 km N	644	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Savignac-de-l'Isle	33	219 km NW	612	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %
Baudre	50	664 km N	613	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Os-Marsillon	64	152 km W	547	43.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 43 %
Savignac-de-l'Isle	33	219 km NW	612	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %
Labarde	33	241 km NW	623	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnée	45	504 km N	696	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Baudre	50	664 km N	613	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
West-Cappel	59	849 km N	644	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 85 % · 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 Capens'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
Camps-sur-l'Isle	33	213 km NW	621	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Gours	33	209 km NW	526	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Varès	47	141 km NW	655	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Gratens	31	12 km W	805	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bretx	31	41 km N	673	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Montgaillard-Lauragais	31	37 km E	683	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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