Saint-Élix-le-Château
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Élix-le-Château (INSEE 31476) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Coeur de Garonne. Population 933 (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 44.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 76 % of the 14,747 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.91 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NOYES RENEE). [4,3]
3 × Restaurant (LABEL' EPOQUE · EPICURE). [4,3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ELIX LE CHATEAU AP). [4]
1 × Hairdresser. [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | NOYES RENEE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 3 | LABEL' EPOQUE · EPICURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT ELIX LE CHATEAU AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 759 (2012) → 933 (2023): 22.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 559 (1990) → 933 (2023): 66.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 430, of which 0.9 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lafitte-Vigordane): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Élix-le-Château): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Marignac-Lasclares): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Rieux-Volvestre): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Élix-le-Château): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [12]
Measured at the MONDAVEZAN weather station, 9 km away at 261 m; the village itself is at 237 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at PALAMINY, 11.4 km away at 243 m, over 23 summers. [12]
An average of 641 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at MONDAVEZAN, 9 km away at 261 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31476/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31476/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31476/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31476/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31261
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31476
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31317
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31455
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Létra | 69 | 401 km NE | 901 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| Grépiac | 31 | 29 km NE | 1,017 | 34.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mimbaste | 40 | 175 km W | 1,001 | 26.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 % |
| Villaines-les-Rochers | 37 | 441 km N | 1,051 | 31.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
| Billy | 03 | 375 km NE | 817 | 31.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 % |
| Essouvert | 17 | 328 km NW | 1,021 | 27.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grépiac | 31 | 29 km NE | 1,017 | 34.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mimbaste | 40 | 175 km W | 1,001 | 26.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 % |
| Essouvert | 17 | 328 km NW | 1,021 | 27.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| Billy | 03 | 375 km NE | 817 | 31.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 % |
| Létra | 69 | 401 km NE | 901 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| Villaines-les-Rochers | 37 | 441 km N | 1,051 | 31.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Saint-Élix-le-Château'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiac | 81 | 78 km NE | 930 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bourg-Charente | 16 | 287 km N | 887 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marcellus | 47 | 158 km NW | 892 | 24.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mondavezan | 31 | 9.3 km SW | 880 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martial-d'Artenset | 24 | 207 km N | 943 | 38.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Porchères | 33 | 214 km NW | 887 | 30 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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