L'Union

Haute-Garonne · Toulouse Métropole · INSEE 31561

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Union (INSEE 31561) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of Toulouse Métropole. Population 12,638 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/31561-l-union

Vitality score

Vitality score 53/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 1,946 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	0.48	25	12.01
Social	0.61	20	12.13
Education	0.31	10	3.13
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.12	5	0.59
Population trend	0.58	10	5.75
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON PILLON · LA PANETIERE AUX SAVEURS D'ANTAN · LA GRANGE DES PAINS · SAMOUILLAN · MAISON ARNOULT). ^[3,4]

5 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL LES CROCS · EURL BOUCHERIE DEL PAIS TOULOUSAIN · SARL BOUCHERIE CHEZ NATH · BOUCHERIE PRATE · SAS BOUCHERIE LAURENT). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA FERME DES VIOLETTES · AU VIEUX PORTO). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (LIDL · ANSEE · CARREFOUR CITY · NETTO). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (MOISSAC MAREE). ^[3,4]

38 × Restaurant (LAUDA · EURL LA PAMPA · 1000 NR · ETABLISSEMENTS GONTIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE BELBEZE LES TOULOUSE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MONTIZALGUIER). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BORDE D'OLIVIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE BELBEZE LES TOULOUSE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MONTIZALGUIER). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE GEORGES CHAUMETON). ^[3]

15 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VERONIQUE MUKENDI-KAMWANYA, MÉDECIN · ANDRE BECK, MÉDECIN · MARIE CHRISTINE BOUDIER-FERRANDI, MÉDECIN · ANAELLE SZTERNBERG, MÉDECIN · MARIE GIANNITELLI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

5 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT-CAPRAIS · PHARMACIE DU STADE · PHARMACIE DES ACACIAS · PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE LACOMBRADE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (PLAISIR DE LIRE ASSOCIATION PLAISIR DE LIRE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE LUMIERE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (STADE GEORGES BEYNEY · SMASH CLUB). ^[3]

10 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE L'UNION · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE L'UNION · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES · S.B.C.I.C · SOCIETE GENERALE). ^[3]

18 × Hairdresser (SARL CATANE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

4 × Hotel (KYRIAD · HOTELF1 · AD CYBER HOTEL · PREMIERE CLASSE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 11 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 3 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	MAISON PILLON · LA PANETIERE AUX SAVEURS D'ANTAN · LA GRANGE DES PAINS · SAMOUILLAN · MAISON ARNOULT	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	5	SARL LES CROCS · EURL BOUCHERIE DEL PAIS TOULOUSAIN · SARL BOUCHERIE CHEZ NATH · BOUCHERIE PRATE · SAS BOUCHERIE LAURENT	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LA FERME DES VIOLETTES · AU VIEUX PORTO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	LIDL · ANSEE · CARREFOUR CITY · NETTO	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	MOISSAC MAREE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	38	LAUDA · EURL LA PAMPA · 1000 NR · ETABLISSEMENTS GONTIER	INSEE BPE 38 / INSEE SIRENE 56 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE BELBEZE LES TOULOUSE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MONTIZALGUIER	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BORDE D'OLIVIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE BELBEZE LES TOULOUSE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MONTIZALGUIER	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE GEORGES CHAUMETON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	15	VERONIQUE MUKENDI-KAMWANYA, MÉDECIN · ANDRE BECK, MÉDECIN · MARIE CHRISTINE BOUDIER-FERRANDI, MÉDECIN · ANAELLE SZTERNBERG, MÉDECIN · MARIE GIANNITELLI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 15 [3]
Pharmacy	5	PHARMACIE SAINT-CAPRAIS · PHARMACIE DU STADE · PHARMACIE DES ACACIAS · PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE LACOMBRADE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	PLAISIR DE LIRE ASSOCIATION PLAISIR DE LIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE LUMIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	STADE GEORGES BEYNEY · SMASH CLUB	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	10	CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE L'UNION · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE L'UNION · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES · S.B.C.I.C · SOCIETE GENERALE	INSEE BPE 10 [3]
Hairdresser	18	SARL CATANE	INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	4	KYRIAD · HOTELF1 · AD CYBER HOTEL · PREMIERE CLASSE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday 8h à 13h (Sunday); 15h30 à 18h30 (Wednesday) Rue du Vignemale, Rue du Pic du Midi (sous la Mairie), Place San Biagio Di Callalta. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 4,601 2023: 12,638 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 11,702 (2012) → 12,638 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 11,751 (1990) → 12,638 (2023): 7.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 6,389, of which 0.9 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (L'Union): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (L'Union): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (L'Union): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (L'Union): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (L'Union): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.7

Days at or below 0 °C 25.4

Muggy days a summer 6.3

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TOULOUSE-BLAGNAC weather station, 9.4 km away at 151 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at TOULOUSE-BLAGNAC, 9.4 km away at 151 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 692 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BALMA, 4.9 km away at 139 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31561/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-lunion.fr/marche-de-plein-vent/— “Tous les dimanches de 8h à 13h, le cœur de L'UNION prend une allure de marché de Provence. Environ 100 exposants offrent un large choix de produits et de marchandises.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31561/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31561/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31561/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31561
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
Saint-André-de-Cubzac	33	214 km NW	12,626	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Louvres	95	604 km N	12,560	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Aubergenville	78	590 km N	12,723	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Châlette-sur-Loing	45	494 km N	12,677	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Brignais	69	343 km NE	12,503	59.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-du-Château	63	276 km NE	12,412	54.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-André-de-Cubzac	33	214 km NW	12,626	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-du-Château	63	276 km NE	12,412	54.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Brignais	69	343 km NE	12,503	59.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Châlette-sur-Loing	45	494 km N	12,677	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Aubergenville	78	590 km N	12,723	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Louvres	95	604 km N	12,560	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 91 % · 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 L'Union'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
Saint-Jean	31	1.9 km NE	11,261	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-Tolosane	31	19 km SW	11,044	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Orens-de-Gameville	31	12 km S	14,646	61.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Rive-de-Gier	42	324 km NE	15,242	62.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Léguevin	31	21 km W	9,945	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Frouzins	31	21 km SW	9,805	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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