Castagnède

Identity

Castagnède (INSEE 31112) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Cagire Garonne Salat. Population 172 (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/31112-castagnede

Vitality score

Vitality score 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 15,091 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 180 (2012) → 172 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 175 (1990) → 172 (2023): -1.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 95, of which 7.4 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Prat-Bonrepaux): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mane): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Prat-Bonrepaux): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Prat-Bonrepaux): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Castagnède): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PALAMINY weather station, 17.2 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 322 m. ^[11]

The village sits 79 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PALAMINY, 17.2 km away at 243 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 79 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,190 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARBAS, 8.7 km away at 402 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

6 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 150,000 € — 894 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Haute-Garonne is 2,555 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31112/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31112/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31112/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31112/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09235
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31315
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31112
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025