Gardouch

Haute-Garonne · CC des Terres du Lauragais · INSEE 31210

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

Partly served 44.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gardouch (INSEE 31210) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC des Terres du Lauragais. Population 1,370 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/31210-gardouch

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 65 % of the 12,266 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.46	10	4.59
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (L'ESTANQUET · SMASH D'AQUI). ^[4,3]

2 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CLAUDE NOUGARO). ^[4]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MANON CHOPLIN, MÉDECIN · ADELINE BRIEND, MÉDECIN · RAYMOND MALBOSC, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER BRENIER, MÉDECIN · CELINE BESSIERES, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GARDOUCH AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE FRANÇOIS FOURNIER). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (ANGELINA COIFFURE). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	L'ESTANQUET · SMASH D'AQUI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CLAUDE NOUGARO	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	MANON CHOPLIN, MÉDECIN · ADELINE BRIEND, MÉDECIN · RAYMOND MALBOSC, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER BRENIER, MÉDECIN · CELINE BESSIERES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	GARDOUCH AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE FRANÇOIS FOURNIER	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	ANGELINA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 711 2023: 1,370 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,290 (2012) → 1,370 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 889 (1990) → 1,370 (2023): 54.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 647, of which 1.7 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.8 km NEBakery — 2.7 km NEPharmacy — 2.7 km NE 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 (Villefranche-de-Lauragais): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villefranche-de-Lauragais): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gardouch): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villefranche-de-Lauragais): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gardouch): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.1

Days at or below 0 °C 37.7

Muggy days a summer 8.2

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SEGREVILLE weather station, 12.2 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 177 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-FELIX-LAURAGAIS, 16.9 km away at 330 m, over 19 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 153 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 727 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTESQUIEU-LAURAGAIS, 4.9 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31210/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31210/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31210/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31210/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31582
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31210
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
Haussy	59	771 km N	1,451	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Espeluche	26	281 km NE	1,134	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Naours	80	740 km N	1,047	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett	67	732 km NE	1,359	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Merxheim	68	665 km NE	1,396	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Ruffey-lès-Echirey	21	516 km NE	1,385	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Espeluche	26	281 km NE	1,134	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Ruffey-lès-Echirey	21	516 km NE	1,385	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Merxheim	68	665 km NE	1,396	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett	67	732 km NE	1,359	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Naours	80	740 km N	1,047	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Haussy	59	771 km N	1,451	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Gardouch'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
Branne	33	219 km NW	1,296	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Finhan	82	69 km NW	1,471	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Labastide-Beauvoir	31	10 km N	1,254	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Andance	07	322 km NE	1,192	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Morillon	33	224 km NW	1,834	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Désirat	07	322 km NE	891	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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