Saint-Julia
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Julia (INSEE 31491) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Aux sources du Canal du Midi. Population 418 (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 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 58 % of the 17,955 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 | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.87 | 10 | 8.7 |
| Housing mix | 0.75 | 5 | 3.76 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
3 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JULIA AP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 3 | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | SAINT JULIA AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 365 (2012) → 418 (2023): 14.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 305 (1990) → 418 (2023): 37 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 251, of which 12.4 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Félix-Lauragais): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Le Cabanial): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Félix-Lauragais): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Cuq-Toulza): 8.9 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Félix-Lauragais): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-FELIX-LAURAGAIS weather station, 5.5 km away at 330 m; the village itself is at 299 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-FELIX-LAURAGAIS, 5.5 km away at 330 m, over 19 summers. [11]
An average of 674 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-FELIX-LAURAGAIS, 5.5 km away at 330 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 — 31491/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31491/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31491/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31491/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31478
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31097
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81076
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolléval | 76 | 668 km N | 417 | 22.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 % |
| Laifour | 08 | 745 km N | 399 | 16 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Georges-du-Rosay | 72 | 535 km N | 452 | 22 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 % |
| Thervay | 39 | 509 km NE | 384 | 22.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 32 % |
| René | 72 | 548 km N | 387 | 22 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 59 % |
| La Celle-Guenand | 37 | 392 km N | 379 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Celle-Guenand | 37 | 392 km N | 379 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Thervay | 39 | 509 km NE | 384 | 22.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 32 % |
| Saint-Georges-du-Rosay | 72 | 535 km N | 452 | 22 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 % |
| René | 72 | 548 km N | 387 | 22 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 59 % |
| Nolléval | 76 | 668 km N | 417 | 22.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 % |
| Laifour | 08 | 745 km N | 399 | 16 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · 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-Julia'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cazats | 33 | 201 km NW | 400 | 24.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Annepont | 17 | 329 km NW | 399 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Soulignac | 33 | 220 km NW | 409 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champagnac | 17 | 281 km NW | 488 | 27.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né | 16 | 290 km NW | 386 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montégut-Lauragais | 31 | 2.5 km SE | 400 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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