Montesquieu-Volvestre

Haute-Garonne · CC du Volvestre · INSEE 31375

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

Partly served 44.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montesquieu-Volvestre (INSEE 31375) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC du Volvestre. Population 3,050 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 44.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 7,030 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	0.28	25	6.97
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.94	10	9.41
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU BOIS DE FEU). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ROUCH JEAN MARC ET FILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE COEUR BIO). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (PIZZA VOLVESTRE · PIZZERIA CHEZ TROTROLL · LA BROCANTE DE L'OLIVIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE VOLVESTRE · LE BISTROT D'ARMAND). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB ANDRE MASSAT). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE STELLA BLANDY). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SARAH BONEL, MÉDECIN · MARC MAILHOL, MÉDECIN · JEAN BONEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L ARIZE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (SAINT GERMAIN MIREILLE · CREATION · SASU LVZ · BETIRAC COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU BOIS DE FEU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	ROUCH JEAN MARC ET FILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE COEUR BIO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	PIZZA VOLVESTRE · PIZZERIA CHEZ TROTROLL · LA BROCANTE DE L'OLIVIER	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE VOLVESTRE · LE BISTROT D'ARMAND	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB ANDRE MASSAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE STELLA BLANDY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	SARAH BONEL, MÉDECIN · MARC MAILHOL, MÉDECIN · JEAN BONEL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L ARIZE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	SAINT GERMAIN MIREILLE · CREATION · SASU LVZ · BETIRAC COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / 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: 1,924 peak 2012: 3,158 2023: 3,050 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,158 (2012) → 3,050 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,117 (1990) → 3,050 (2023): 44.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,808, of which 6.5 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Montesquieu-Volvestre): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montesquieu-Volvestre): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montesquieu-Volvestre): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montesquieu-Volvestre): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montesquieu-Volvestre): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the MONDAVEZAN weather station, 13.9 km away at 261 m; the village itself is at 228 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PALAMINY, 14.5 km away at 243 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LAPEYRERE, 5.5 km away at 347 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31375/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31375/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31375/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31375/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31375
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
Plancoët	22	649 km NW	3,104	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Brienon-sur-Armançon	89	564 km N	3,032	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Yenne	73	454 km NE	3,026	54.3	Partly served	no figures
Lorris	45	530 km N	2,996	65.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Tarascon-sur-Ariège	09	50 km SE	3,085	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Mayet	72	512 km N	3,187	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tarascon-sur-Ariège	09	50 km SE	3,085	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Yenne	73	454 km NE	3,026	54.3	Partly served	no figures
Mayet	72	512 km N	3,187	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Lorris	45	530 km N	2,996	65.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Brienon-sur-Armançon	89	564 km N	3,032	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Plancoët	22	649 km NW	3,104	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 78 % · 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 Montesquieu-Volvestre'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
Saint-Céré	46	191 km N	3,429	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mirande	32	75 km NW	3,457	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Martres-Tolosane	31	18 km W	2,387	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rion-des-Landes	40	191 km NW	3,142	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle	33	224 km NW	3,167	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Jarnac	16	297 km N	4,486	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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