Garin

Identity

Garin (INSEE 31213) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises. Population 146 (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/31213-garin

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 13,883 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (RPCP). ^[3,4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (TABITHA GUGGIARI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 134 (2012) → 146 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 108 (1990) → 146 (2023): 35.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 191, of which 50.8 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Jurvielle): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Billière): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Garin): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bagnères-de-Luchon): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Cazeaux-de-Larboust): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 85 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST-PAUL-D'OUEIL weather station, 3.4 km away at 1,115 m; the village itself is at 1,108 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LUCHON, 6.7 km away at 618 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 490 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,026 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at OO, 2 km away at 969 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 170,000 € — 1,673 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Haute-Garonne is 2,555 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[14]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31213/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31213/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31213/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31213/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31242
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31068
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31213
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31042
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31133
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025