Gouaux-de-Larboust

Identity

Gouaux-de-Larboust (INSEE 31221) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises. Population 40 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/31221-gouaux-de-larboust

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 3,405 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

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

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MONTA DISTRIBUTION · HORS PISTES). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PLANCHE · LE YETI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES MIRTILLES). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (LE YETI). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), 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 57 (2012) → 40 (2023): -29.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 67 (1990) → 40 (2023): -40.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 89.5 % second homes and 0.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Jurvielle): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gouaux-de-Larboust): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Garin): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bagnères-de-Luchon): 8.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Oô): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 107 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST-PAUL-D'OUEIL weather station, 6.3 km away at 1,115 m; the village itself is at 1,319 m. ^[13]

The village sits 204 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at LUCHON, 9.2 km away at 618 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 701 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, 1.3 km away at 969 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31221/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31221/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31221/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31221/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31242
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31221
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31213
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31042
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31404
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024