Gratens

Haute-Garonne · CC Coeur de Garonne · INSEE 31229

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

Partly served 43/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gratens (INSEE 31229) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Coeur de Garonne. Population 805 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 15,626 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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]

3 × Restaurant (TRUCK N DUCK · LE MOULIN D EDMOND · LE DOUX DINER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE RESTO DES LACS). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (VANESS'ART). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	3	TRUCK N DUCK · LE MOULIN D EDMOND · LE DOUX DINER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE RESTO DES LACS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FRANCIS SANCERRY	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	VANESS'ART	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 422 2023: 805 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 671 (2012) → 805 (2023): 20 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 426 (1990) → 805 (2023): 89 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 5.8 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.0 km SFood shop — 3.0 km NBakery — 5.0 km SEPharmacy — 5.8 km SW 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 (Lafitte-Vigordane): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Labastide-Clermont): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marignac-Lasclares): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Fousseret): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Gratens): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.1

Days at or below 0 °C 43.7

Muggy days a summer 6.7

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MONDAVEZAN weather station, 11.7 km away at 261 m; the village itself is at 282 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at PALAMINY, 14.4 km away at 243 m, over 23 summers. ^[13]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at RIEUMES, 10.4 km away at 261 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31229/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31229/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31229/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31229/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31250
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31317
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31193
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31229
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
Beaugeay	17	329 km NW	794	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Marillac-le-Franc	16	274 km N	825	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Firmin	71	471 km NE	773	37	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Cécile	50	638 km N	792	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Poligny	77	560 km N	825	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Sarrewerden	67	774 km NE	816	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marillac-le-Franc	16	274 km N	825	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Beaugeay	17	329 km NW	794	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Firmin	71	471 km NE	773	37	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Poligny	77	560 km N	825	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Cécile	50	638 km N	792	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Sarrewerden	67	774 km NE	816	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Gratens'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
Auriac-sur-Vendinelle	31	62 km E	1,087	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Camps-sur-l'Isle	33	209 km NW	621	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Fauguerolles	47	142 km NW	822	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mazères	33	171 km NW	778	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps	33	207 km NW	740	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Porchères	33	209 km NW	887	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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