Fos

Haute-Garonne · CC Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises · INSEE 31190

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

No daily shops 12.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fos (INSEE 31190) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises. Population 248 (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/31190-fos

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 17,170 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.28	10	2.77
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hotel (LA GENTILHOMMIERE). ^[3,4]

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]

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	1	FOS AP	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LA GENTILHOMMIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 558 2023: 248 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 248 (2012) → 248 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 319 (1990) → 248 (2023): -22.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 412, of which 60.9 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km NWGP — 5.5 km NWFood shop — 5.7 km NWPharmacy — 5.8 km NW 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 (Arlos): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Béat-Lez): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Béat-Lez): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Béat-Lez): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fos): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.5

Days at or below 0 °C 62.5

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FOS weather station, 0.2 km away at 544 m; the village itself is at 543 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LUCHON, 13.6 km away at 618 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 75 m above 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 1,123 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FOS, 0.2 km away at 544 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 — 31190/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31190/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31190/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31190/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31017
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31471
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31190
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
Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains	09	73 km E	247	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 88 %
Moulinet	06	552 km E	268	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Cateri	2B	667 km E	247	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %
Diane-Capelle	57	809 km NE	253	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Joncels	34	221 km NE	256	18.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Bayons	04	466 km E	199	8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains	09	73 km E	247	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 88 %
Joncels	34	221 km NE	256	18.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Bayons	04	466 km E	199	8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Moulinet	06	552 km E	268	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Cateri	2B	667 km E	247	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %
Diane-Capelle	57	809 km NE	253	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · 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 Fos'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
Sengouagnet	31	13 km N	228	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Bordes-Uchentein	09	24 km E	219	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Paris-l'Hôpital	71	544 km NE	285	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cortevaix	71	511 km NE	247	12.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Fugeret	04	493 km E	196	8.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Félix-de-Sorgues	12	214 km NE	204	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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