Caraman

Haute-Garonne · CC des Terres du Lauragais · INSEE 31106

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

Served 62.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Caraman (INSEE 31106) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC des Terres du Lauragais. Population 2,513 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/31106-caraman

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 8,209 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	0.63	25	15.75
Social	0.5	20	9.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.92	10	9.24
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CAMPAGNARDE · LE FOURNIL D'HANNA · DOUCEURS GOURMANDISES ET COMPAGNIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE CARAMANAISE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (G20 ET RECAPE · CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (ORCA). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (PHILCOR · RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE · COTTON CORNER SHOP · BURG & GRILL · LBD 31460). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE-PAUL RIQUET). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC LAGENTE, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LEFLOCH, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS SALVAN, MÉDECIN · AURELIE MALLET GEORGER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE HOFF · PHARMACIE DU RAVELIN). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE RAYMOND BIGOT). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · BANQUE POPULAIRE · AGENCE DE CARAMAN). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (MAQUICOIF · JULIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · L'ATELIER DE MELINE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL L'ORME BLANC · CAMPING NATURISTE LES AILLOS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar. ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LA CAMPAGNARDE · LE FOURNIL D'HANNA · DOUCEURS GOURMANDISES ET COMPAGNIE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BOUCHERIE CARAMANAISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	2	G20 ET RECAPE · CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	ORCA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	10	PHILCOR · RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE · COTTON CORNER SHOP · BURG & GRILL · LBD 31460	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE-PAUL RIQUET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	MARC LAGENTE, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LEFLOCH, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS SALVAN, MÉDECIN · AURELIE MALLET GEORGER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE HOFF · PHARMACIE DU RAVELIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CARAMAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE RAYMOND BIGOT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · BANQUE POPULAIRE · AGENCE DE CARAMAN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	3	MAQUICOIF · JULIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · L'ATELIER DE MELINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL L'ORME BLANC · CAMPING NATURISTE LES AILLOS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,717 2023: 2,513 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,366 (2012) → 2,513 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,765 (1990) → 2,513 (2023): 42.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,267, of which 2.6 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.7 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 (Caraman): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Caraman): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Caraman): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Caraman): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.3

Days at or below 0 °C 39.3

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SEGREVILLE weather station, 4.4 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 269 m. ^[9]

The village sits 57 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 6 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST-FELIX-LAURAGAIS, 13.7 km away at 330 m, over 19 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 61 m above 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 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SEGREVILLE, 4.4 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31106/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31106/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31106/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31106/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31106
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
Bosmie-l'Aiguille	87	253 km N	2,667	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Arc-sur-Tille	21	501 km NE	2,584	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Lanta	31	9.2 km W	2,283	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-le-Gaz	38	374 km NE	2,754	49.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze	31	42 km SW	2,277	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Walincourt-Selvigny	59	737 km N	2,081	48	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lanta	31	9.2 km W	2,283	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze	31	42 km SW	2,277	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Bosmie-l'Aiguille	87	253 km N	2,667	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-André-le-Gaz	38	374 km NE	2,754	49.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Arc-sur-Tille	21	501 km NE	2,584	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Walincourt-Selvigny	59	737 km N	2,081	48	Partly served	no figures

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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 Caraman'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
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze	31	42 km SW	2,277	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde	33	272 km NW	3,175	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Pavie	32	95 km W	2,566	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot	47	123 km NW	2,397	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Matha	17	308 km NW	2,191	72	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Hélène	33	264 km NW	3,091	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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