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Monestrol

Haute-Garonne · CC des Terres du Lauragais · INSEE 31354

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monestrol (INSEE 31354) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC des Terres du Lauragais. Population 57 (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/31354-monestrol

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 5,756 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.45104.5
Housing mix0.8454.2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 76 peak 1982: 80 2023: 57 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 62 (2012) → 57 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 60 (1990) → 57 (2023): -5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 25, of which 8 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.0 km W (Montgeard)Bakery — 3.7 km E (Lagarde)Food shop — 3.8 km SE (Caignac)GP — 4.7 km NW (Nailloux)Pharmacy — 4.7 km NW (Nailloux)
Primary school — 3.0 km WBakery — 3.7 km EFood shop — 3.8 km SEGP — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 4.7 km NW 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 (Lagarde): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Caignac): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Nailloux): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Nailloux): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Montgeard): 3 km to the west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the SEGREVILLE weather station, 18.5 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 241 m. [12]

An average of 727 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MONTESQUIEU-LAURAGAIS, 9.7 km away at 190 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 — 31354/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31354/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31354/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31354/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31262
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31099
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31396
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31380
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Foucaucourt-sur-Thabas55683 km N5710No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 76 %
Deinvillers88680 km NE5713.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 49 %
Sembouès32122 km W5810No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Remy-le-Petit08704 km N5616.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 61 %
Tréban81100 km NE5911No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 %
Sergenon39495 km NE5813.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 65 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tréban81100 km NE5911No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 %
Sembouès32122 km W5810No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 84 %
Sergenon39495 km NE5813.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 65 %
Deinvillers88680 km NE5713.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 49 %
Foucaucourt-sur-Thabas55683 km N5710No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Remy-le-Petit08704 km N5616.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 61 %

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