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Saux-et-Pomarède

Haute-Garonne · CC Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges · INSEE 31536

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saux-et-Pomarède (INSEE 31536) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges. Population 245 (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/31536-saux-et-pomarede

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,145 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.48104.76
Housing mix0.9854.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE CHALET GOURMAND). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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]
Restaurant1LE CHALET GOURMANDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 102 peak 2017: 272 2023: 245 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 271 (2012) → 245 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 251 (1990) → 245 (2023): -2.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 129, of which 0.8 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.1 km SE (Saint-Gaudens)Bakery — 3.4 km NW (Lalouret-Laffiteau)Pharmacy — 4.0 km S (Saint-Gaudens)GP — 4.9 km S (Saint-Gaudens)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.1 km SEBakery — 3.4 km NWPharmacy — 4.0 km SGP — 4.9 km S 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 (Lalouret-Laffiteau): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Gaudens): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Gaudens): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gaudens): 4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saux-et-Pomarède): 0 km to the north-west (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, 9.7 km away at 401 m; the village itself is at 433 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at CLARAC, 9.7 km away at 401 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 901 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARCET, 6.5 km away at 348 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31536/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31536/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31536/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31536/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31268
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31483
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31536
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Villers-lès-Cagnicourt62805 km N24329Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Lalonquette6492 km NW26129.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul62804 km N21628.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Rimsdorf67810 km NE28731.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Hodent95671 km N22529Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Moyenneville62797 km N28926.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lalonquette6492 km NW26129.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Hodent95671 km N22529Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Moyenneville62797 km N28926.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul62804 km N21628.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Villers-lès-Cagnicourt62805 km N24329Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Rimsdorf67810 km NE28731.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · 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 Saux-et-Pomarède'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
Labatmale6471 km W25714.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lodes313.8 km NW30821.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Maine-de-Boixe16303 km N47333.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Angos6546 km W23027.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Villars71501 km NE27416.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Denis-de-Palin18445 km N2747.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %