Saint-Michel

Identity

Saint-Michel (INSEE 31505) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Coeur de Garonne. Population 306 (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/31505-saint-michel

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 17,889 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 321 (2012) → 306 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 183 (1990) → 306 (2023): 67.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 189, of which 10.1 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Palaminy): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Plan): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cazères): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cazères): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Michel): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PALAMINY weather station, 4.6 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 393 m. ^[12]

The village sits 150 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PALAMINY, 4.6 km away at 243 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 150 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PALAMINY, 4.6 km away at 243 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31505/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31505/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31505/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31505/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31406
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31425
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31135
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31505
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024