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Esténos

Haute-Garonne · CC Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises · INSEE 31176

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

No daily shops 16.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Esténos (INSEE 31176) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises. Population 191 (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/31176-estenos

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 15,683 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.59105.91
Housing mix0.3251.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LES CREPES DE MANOU). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LES CREPES DE MANOUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 225 peak 1975: 228 2023: 191 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 184 (2012) → 191 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 175 (1990) → 191 (2023): 9.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 34 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.1 km NE (Fronsac)Primary school — 3.4 km NW (Siradan)GP — 3.6 km S (Marignac)Pharmacy — 3.6 km S (Cierp-Gaud)Food shop — 3.9 km S (Cierp-Gaud)
Bakery — 1.1 km NEPrimary school — 3.4 km NWGP — 3.6 km SPharmacy — 3.6 km SFood shop — 3.9 km S 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 (Fronsac): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cierp-Gaud): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Marignac): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Cierp-Gaud): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Siradan): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the CIERP-GAUD weather station, 4 km away at 500 m; the village itself is at 467 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at LUCHON, 16.5 km away at 618 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 151 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at CIERP-GAUD, 4 km away at 500 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31176/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31176/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31176/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31176/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31199
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31144
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31316
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65427
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beyrède-Jumet-Camous6522 km W19411.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-François-de-Sales73527 km NE19023.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Heudicourt-sous-les-Côtes55771 km NE17215.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Escamps46177 km NE20620.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Allas-les-Mines24213 km N20314.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Marigny-sur-Yonne58537 km NE19115.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beyrède-Jumet-Camous6522 km W19411.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Escamps46177 km NE20620.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Allas-les-Mines24213 km N20314.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-François-de-Sales73527 km NE19023.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Marigny-sur-Yonne58537 km NE19115.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Heudicourt-sous-les-Côtes55771 km NE17215.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · 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 Esténos'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Marigny-sur-Yonne58537 km NE19115.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chitry-les-Mines58535 km NE21616.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chemillé-sur-Indrois37470 km N22716.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chaum311.6 km SE20514.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Balaguères0933 km E19613.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon55788 km NE17014.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %