Lavalette

Identity

Lavalette (INSEE 31285) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC des Coteaux du Girou. Population 793 (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/31285-lavalette

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 15,683 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (ANGEL RESTAURANT · L'AUBERGE DE LA FORGE · VIKO · VIKO CAFE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 665 (2012) → 793 (2023): 19.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 531 (1990) → 793 (2023): 49.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 360, of which 1.9 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Drémil-Lafage): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mons): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mondouzil): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Drémil-Lafage): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lavalette): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the AUZEVILLE-TOLOSANE-INRAE weather station, 14.2 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 223 m. ^[12]

The village sits 73 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AUZEVILLE-TOLOSANE-INRAE, 14.2 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 699 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VERFEIL, 5.4 km away at 158 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31285/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31285/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31285/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31285/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31163
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31355
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31352
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31285
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024