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Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne

Haute-Garonne · CC du Volvestre · INSEE 31492

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

Few services 20.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne (INSEE 31492) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC du Volvestre. Population 549 (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/31492-saint-julien-sur-garonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 17,510 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 & culture0.6353.16
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9354.63

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 1 of 1
Culture 1 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]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JULIEN AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE NC). [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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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 postale1SAINT JULIEN APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE NCINSEE BPE 1 [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: 341 peak 2017: 553 2023: 549 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 534 (2012) → 549 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 291 (1990) → 549 (2023): 88.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 267, of which 3.7 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.7 km E (Rieux-Volvestre)Primary school — 3.1 km NW (Lavelanet-de-Comminges)Pharmacy — 3.7 km NE (Rieux-Volvestre)Food shop — 3.9 km NE (Rieux-Volvestre)GP — 3.9 km NE (Rieux-Volvestre)
Bakery — 2.7 km EPrimary school — 3.1 km NWPharmacy — 3.7 km NEFood shop — 3.9 km NEGP — 3.9 km NE 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 (Rieux-Volvestre): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rieux-Volvestre): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Rieux-Volvestre): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Rieux-Volvestre): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Lavelanet-de-Comminges): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

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 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MONDAVEZAN weather station, 7.9 km away at 261 m; the village itself is at 228 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at PALAMINY, 9.6 km away at 243 m, over 23 summers. [10]

An average of 641 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MONDAVEZAN, 7.9 km away at 261 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

43 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 195,263 € — 1,563 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Haute-Garonne is 2,555 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]

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 — 31492/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31492/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31492/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31492/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31455
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31286
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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
Morville-le-Héron76694 km N53818.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 73 %
Les Touches-de-Périgny17317 km N55016.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
La Neuville-au-Temple51693 km N57919.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Baracé49503 km N63620.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
La Chapelle-Erbrée35572 km N71721Few servicesno figures
Réchicourt-le-Château57746 km NE55018.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Les Touches-de-Périgny17317 km N55016.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Baracé49503 km N63620.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
La Chapelle-Erbrée35572 km N71721Few servicesno figures
La Neuville-au-Temple51693 km N57919.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Morville-le-Héron76694 km N53818.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 73 %
Réchicourt-le-Château57746 km NE55018.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %

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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-Julien-sur-Garonne'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
Pondaurat33175 km NW45525.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Noaillac33170 km NW55226.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-de-la-Pierre3111 km N47017.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Marignac-Lasclares318.3 km NW47924.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Condezaygues47140 km N83912.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Loubens-Lauragais3163 km NE45435.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %