Lourde

Identity

Lourde (INSEE 31306) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises. Population 123 (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/31306-lourde

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 12,401 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 92 (2012) → 123 (2023): 33.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 62 (1990) → 123 (2023): 98.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 114, of which 50 % second homes and 0.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Fronsac): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bertren): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Loures-Barousse): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Loures-Barousse): 6.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CIERP-GAUD weather station, 8.3 km away at 500 m; the village itself is at 588 m. ^[12]

The village sits 88 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 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CLARAC, 14 km away at 401 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 187 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 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CIERP-GAUD, 8.3 km away at 500 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 — 31306/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31306/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31306/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31306/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31199
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65087
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65287
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31306
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024