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Mons

Haute-Garonne · Toulouse Métropole · INSEE 31355

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mons (INSEE 31355) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of Toulouse Métropole. Population 1,861 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/31355-mons

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 10,068 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.43208.65
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9954.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SUAU). [4,3]

4 × Restaurant (CHEZ HUGO · TOLOSA PAELLA · MONS ET MERVEILLES · MON SUSHI). [4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CECILE GALIACY, MÉDECIN). [4]

1 × Hairdresser (BIBOUNE). [4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)1SUAUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant4CHEZ HUGO · TOLOSA PAELLA · MONS ET MERVEILLES · MON SUSHIINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)1CECILE GALIACY, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser1BIBOUNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 272 2023: 1,861 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,582 (2012) → 1,861 (2023): 17.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 750 (1990) → 1,861 (2023): 148.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 721, of which 0.3 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.5 km W (Mons)Pharmacy — 2.2 km SW (Flourens)Bakery — 2.6 km SE (Drémil-Lafage)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km WPharmacy — 2.2 km SWBakery — 2.6 km SE 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 (Drémil-Lafage): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mons): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Mons): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Flourens): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Mons): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the AUZEVILLE-TOLOSANE-INRAE weather station, 10.8 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 203 m. [11]

The village sits 53 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at AUZEVILLE-TOLOSANE-INRAE, 10.8 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. [11]

That station sits 53 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 692 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BALMA, 6.8 km away at 139 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31355/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31355/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31355/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31355/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31163
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31355
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31184
  11. 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
Bois-de-Haye54662 km NE2,31243.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Dauendorf67745 km NE1,41835.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %
Schnersheim67726 km NE1,85351.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Crottet01395 km NE1,84730.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 74 %
Couternon21499 km NE1,88329Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 38 % · humidity 57 %
Ogy-Montoy-Flanville57711 km NE1,80641.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Crottet01395 km NE1,84730.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 74 %
Couternon21499 km NE1,88329Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 38 % · humidity 57 %
Bois-de-Haye54662 km NE2,31243.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Ogy-Montoy-Flanville57711 km NE1,80641.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %
Schnersheim67726 km NE1,85351.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Dauendorf67745 km NE1,41835.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Mons'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Hilaire3132 km SW1,80733Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bonrepos-sur-Aussonnelle3135 km W1,24138.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Montlaur3114 km S1,79139Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-Beauvoir3116 km SE1,25444.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léon3123 km S1,26535.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Loup-Cammas3112 km NW2,33444.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %