Cierp-Gaud
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cierp-Gaud (INSEE 31144) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises. Population 689 (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/31144-cierp-gaud
Vitality score
Vitality score 46.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 87 % of the 16,450 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.2 | 10 | 1.96 |
| Housing mix | 0.14 | 5 | 0.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE LA PIQUE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (LUKAS). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (HOTEL DES PYRENEES). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (CAFE BAR DE LA PIQUE · CAFE DE LA PIQUE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE POMIES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (INFINI'TIFS COIFFURE MIXTE). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE LA PIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | LUKAS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | HOTEL DES PYRENEES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CAFE BAR DE LA PIQUE · CAFE DE LA PIQUE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE POMIES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 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 | 2 | INFINI'TIFS COIFFURE MIXTE | INSEE BPE 2 / 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 | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | 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
Population 807 (2012) → 689 (2023): -14.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 990 (1990) → 689 (2023): -30.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 742, of which 42.9 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cierp-Gaud): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cierp-Gaud): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Marignac): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Cierp-Gaud): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Cierp-Gaud): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CIERP-GAUD weather station, 0.3 km away at 500 m; the village itself is at 489 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LUCHON, 12.9 km away at 618 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 129 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CIERP-GAUD, 0.3 km away at 500 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
86 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 110,000 € — 1,084 € 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 — 31144/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31144/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31144/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31144/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31144
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31316
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtillon-en-Diois | 26 | 436 km NE | 669 | 55.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Baratier | 05 | 504 km NE | 648 | 64.3 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aramits | 64 | 114 km W | 659 | 47.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 % |
| Murol | 63 | 348 km NE | 672 | 71.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Regnéville-sur-Mer | 50 | 700 km N | 730 | 34.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Venaco | 2B | 703 km E | 644 | 60.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aramits | 64 | 114 km W | 659 | 47.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 % |
| Murol | 63 | 348 km NE | 672 | 71.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châtillon-en-Diois | 26 | 436 km NE | 669 | 55.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Baratier | 05 | 504 km NE | 648 | 64.3 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 % |
| Regnéville-sur-Mer | 50 | 700 km N | 730 | 34.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Venaco | 2B | 703 km E | 644 | 60.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Cierp-Gaud'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Lonzac | 19 | 297 km N | 823 | 48.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bonneville-la-Louvet | 14 | 708 km N | 825 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses | 89 | 565 km N | 700 | 45.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rochesson | 88 | 743 km NE | 676 | 23.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-du-Bruel | 12 | 252 km NE | 639 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Varennes-en-Argonne | 55 | 779 km NE | 636 | 62.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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