Esparron
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Esparron (INSEE 31172) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges. Population 42 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 8.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 33 % of the 3,697 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.41 | 10 | 4.13 |
| Housing mix | 0.66 | 5 | 3.29 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 66 (2012) → 42 (2023): -36.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 46 (1990) → 42 (2023): -8.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 35, of which 17.1 % second homes and 20 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Laurent): 7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Aurignac): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Aurignac): 8.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Aurignac): 8.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-André): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BLAJAN weather station, 13.1 km away at 325 m; the village itself is at 358 m. [11]
An average of 809 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BOUSSAN, 7.1 km away at 287 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 — 31172/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31172/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31172/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31172/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31494
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31028
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31468
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serval | 02 | 712 km N | 42 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 93 % |
| Étréjust | 80 | 744 km N | 42 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 73 % |
| Omicourt | 08 | 772 km N | 42 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 81 % |
| Geraise | 39 | 575 km NE | 41 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 27 % |
| Flassigny | 55 | 776 km NE | 43 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 76 % |
| Rapilly | 14 | 628 km N | 44 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 77 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geraise | 39 | 575 km NE | 41 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 27 % |
| Rapilly | 14 | 628 km N | 44 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 77 % |
| Serval | 02 | 712 km N | 42 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 93 % |
| Étréjust | 80 | 744 km N | 42 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 73 % |
| Omicourt | 08 | 772 km N | 42 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 81 % |
| Flassigny | 55 | 776 km NE | 43 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 76 % |
Elsewhere
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