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Montpitol

Haute-Garonne · CC des Coteaux du Girou · INSEE 31388

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montpitol (INSEE 31388) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC des Coteaux du Girou. Population 335 (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/31388-montpitol

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 18,043 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.83108.35
Housing mix0.954.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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]

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)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 141 peak 2012: 409 2023: 335 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 409 (2012) → 335 (2023): -18.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 251 (1990) → 335 (2023): 33.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 168, of which 4.8 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.0 km W (Montastruc-la-Conseillère)GP — 5.3 km S (Verfeil)Food shop — 5.4 km W (Montastruc-la-Conseillère)Pharmacy — 5.5 km W (Montastruc-la-Conseillère)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.0 km WGP — 5.3 km SFood shop — 5.4 km WPharmacy — 5.5 km W 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 (Montastruc-la-Conseillère): 5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montastruc-la-Conseillère): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Verfeil): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Montastruc-la-Conseillère): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Montpitol): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the VILLEMATIER weather station, 19.6 km away at 115 m; the village itself is at 210 m. [11]

The village sits 95 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]

An average of 699 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at VERFEIL, 6.7 km away at 158 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 — 31388/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31388/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31388/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31388/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31358
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31573
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31388
  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
Dhuisy77604 km N33424.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 81 %
Schalkendorf67729 km NE33522Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 88 %
Brunvillers-la-Motte60653 km N33518.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 96 %
La Haye-du-Theil27618 km N33124.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 96 %
Charmont-en-Beauce45505 km N33618.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Varennes89496 km N33124.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Varennes89496 km N33124.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 %
Charmont-en-Beauce45505 km N33618.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Dhuisy77604 km N33424.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 81 %
La Haye-du-Theil27618 km N33124.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 96 %
Brunvillers-la-Motte60653 km N33518.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 96 %
Schalkendorf67729 km NE33522Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 88 %

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