Le Castéra

Haute-Garonne · CC des Hauts-Tolosans · INSEE 31120

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Castéra (INSEE 31120) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC des Hauts-Tolosans. Population 802 (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/31120-le-castera

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 15,648 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	25	0
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (SNACK-BAR LE BACCHUS · VILLA PAMPA · PIZZA BELLEVUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN-LOUIS ETIENNE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	3	SNACK-BAR LE BACCHUS · VILLA PAMPA · PIZZA BELLEVUE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN-LOUIS ETIENNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 322 peak 2012: 827 2023: 802 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 827 (2012) → 802 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 455 (1990) → 802 (2023): 76.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 349, of which 4.3 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.2 km EFood shop — 4.4 km EPharmacy — 4.4 km EBakery — 4.5 km E 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 (Lévignac): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lévignac): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lévignac): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lévignac): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Castéra): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.9

Days at or below 0 °C 37.3

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 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ONDES weather station, 18.8 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 253 m. ^[10]

The village sits 144 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. ^[10]

An average of 686 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LAUNAC, 8.5 km away at 178 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

31 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 310,655 € — 1,594 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Haute-Garonne is 2,555 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31120/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31120/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31120/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31120/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31297
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31120
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Vendeuvre	14	599 km N	800	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 80 %
Cessières-Suzy	02	679 km N	801	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 73 %
Gargas	31	28 km E	785	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 %
Massieu	38	404 km NE	773	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 45 %
Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen	62	758 km N	791	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 80 %
Bosgouet	27	633 km N	793	33.7	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gargas	31	28 km E	785	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 %
Massieu	38	404 km NE	773	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 45 %
Vendeuvre	14	599 km N	800	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 80 %
Bosgouet	27	633 km N	793	33.7	Few services	no figures
Cessières-Suzy	02	679 km N	801	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 73 %
Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen	62	758 km N	791	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 80 %

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