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Payssous

Haute-Garonne · CC Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises · INSEE 31408

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

No daily shops 6.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Payssous (INSEE 31408) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises. Population 80 (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/31408-payssous

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 8,523 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 trend0.41104.09
Housing mix0.3351.67

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: 156 2023: 80 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 90 (2012) → 80 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 88 (1990) → 80 (2023): -9.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 69, of which 33.3 % second homes and 13 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.0 km S (Malvezie)Primary school — 3.0 km NE (Encausse-les-Thermes)Pharmacy — 3.2 km NE (Encausse-les-Thermes)GP — 3.3 km NE (Encausse-les-Thermes)Food shop — 5.7 km E (Soueich)
Bakery — 2.0 km SPrimary school — 3.0 km NEPharmacy — 3.2 km NEGP — 3.3 km NEFood shop — 5.7 km E 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 (Malvezie): 2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Soueich): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Encausse-les-Thermes): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Encausse-les-Thermes): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Encausse-les-Thermes): 3 km to the north-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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CLARAC weather station, 11.1 km away at 401 m; the village itself is at 419 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CLARAC, 11.1 km away at 401 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LABARTHE-RIVIER, 7.7 km away at 394 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

6 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 124,300 € — 738 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Haute-Garonne is 2,555 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31408/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31408/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31408/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31408/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31313
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31550
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31167
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Saint-Franchy58505 km NE819.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Mesnil-Rousset27651 km N826.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 %
Roussayrolles81149 km NE8110.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Coudehard61648 km N776.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Saulmory-Villefranche55790 km NE824.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Landeyrat15303 km NE843.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 32 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Roussayrolles81149 km NE8110.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Landeyrat15303 km NE843.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 32 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Franchy58505 km NE819.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Coudehard61648 km N776.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Mesnil-Rousset27651 km N826.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 %
Saulmory-Villefranche55790 km NE824.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · 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 Payssous'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
Samaran3243 km N746.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Banios6539 km W6612No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Sarrecave3122 km NW698.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Aries-Espénan6531 km NW9112.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Rieucazé316.2 km NE528.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Peyret-Saint-André6536 km NW6910.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %