Montsaunès

Haute-Garonne · CC Cagire Garonne Salat · INSEE 31391

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

Few services 31.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montsaunès (INSEE 31391) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Cagire Garonne Salat. Population 455 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,947 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.57
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AD RENOV). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (GARCIA MARIE-JOSÉFA · CHEZ LAETIF'S). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	AD RENOV	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MONTSAUNES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	GARCIA MARIE-JOSÉFA · CHEZ LAETIF'S	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 371 2023: 455 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 430 (2012) → 455 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 362 (1990) → 455 (2023): 25.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 222, of which 7.2 % second homes and 0.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km NGP — 2.2 km SEPharmacy — 2.2 km SEBakery — 2.3 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 (Salies-du-Salat): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martory): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Salies-du-Salat): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Salies-du-Salat): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montsaunès): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29

Days at or below 0 °C 58.1

Muggy days a summer 4.4

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PALAMINY weather station, 13.6 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 337 m. ^[11]

The village sits 94 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 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PALAMINY, 13.6 km away at 243 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 94 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 1,190 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARBAS, 13 km away at 402 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31391/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31391/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31391/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31391/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31523
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31503
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31391
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
Bommes	33	190 km NW	459	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Dampierre-en-Bray	76	716 km N	451	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %
Villiers-Louis	89	596 km N	451	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Cigogné	37	461 km N	460	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Vincelles	71	520 km NE	467	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Vignes	64	118 km NW	463	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vignes	64	118 km NW	463	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %
Bommes	33	190 km NW	459	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Cigogné	37	461 km N	460	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Vincelles	71	520 km NE	467	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-Louis	89	596 km N	451	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Dampierre-en-Bray	76	716 km N	451	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %

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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 Montsaunès'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-Agne	24	193 km N	438	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Desnes	39	541 km NE	494	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Le Peyrat	09	82 km E	495	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Salles-de-Barbezieux	16	274 km N	407	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Chassy	89	560 km N	472	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Brousse	81	114 km NE	438	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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