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Urau

Haute-Garonne · CC Cagire Garonne Salat · INSEE 31562

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

No daily shops 12.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Urau (INSEE 31562) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Cagire Garonne Salat. Population 118 (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/31562-urau

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 12,024 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.31103.08
Housing mix0.4852.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL LA CARAVALOTTE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)1FOURNIL LA CARAVALOTTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 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: 190 2023: 118 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 141 (2012) → 118 (2023): -16.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 146 (1990) → 118 (2023): -19.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 89, of which 25.8 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 1.6 km NE (Saleich)Food shop — 4.6 km SW (Arbas)GP — 5.5 km E (Prat-Bonrepaux)Pharmacy — 5.6 km E (Prat-Bonrepaux)
In the commune Bakery Primary school — 1.6 km NEFood shop — 4.6 km SWGP — 5.5 km EPharmacy — 5.6 km E 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 (Urau): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Arbas): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Prat-Bonrepaux): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Prat-Bonrepaux): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saleich): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31562/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31562/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31562/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31562/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31562
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31011
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09235
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31521

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Vicel50756 km N11916.5No daily shopsno figures
Oris-en-Rattier38447 km NE10820.2Few servicesno figures
Lagamas34220 km E11120.5Few servicesno figures
Chamberaud23348 km N9412.9No daily shopsno figures
Vioménil88695 km NE15313.5No daily shopsno figures
Pont-la-Ville52641 km NE1175No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lagamas34220 km E11120.5Few servicesno figures
Chamberaud23348 km N9412.9No daily shopsno figures
Oris-en-Rattier38447 km NE10820.2Few servicesno figures
Pont-la-Ville52641 km NE1175No daily shopsno figures
Vioménil88695 km NE15313.5No daily shopsno figures
Le Vicel50756 km N11916.5No daily shopsno figures

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