Varennes

Haute-Garonne · CA du Sicoval · INSEE 31568

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

Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varennes (INSEE 31568) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CA du Sicoval. Population 255 (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/31568-varennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,334 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 93 peak 2017: 271 2023: 255 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 258 (2012) → 255 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 156 (1990) → 255 (2023): 63.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 1.9 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.8 km WFood shop — 1.9 km WBakery — 2.3 km SWPharmacy — 8.2 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 (Mauremont): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Labastide-Beauvoir): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Labastide-Beauvoir): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Caraman): 8.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Varennes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.1

Days at or below 0 °C 37.7

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SEGREVILLE weather station, 4.7 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 239 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AUZEVILLE-TOLOSANE-INRAE, 15.9 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 89 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 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SEGREVILLE, 4.7 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31568/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31568/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31568/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31568/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31328
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31249
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31106
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31568
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
Bugny	25	535 km NE	257	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 1 % · humidity 57 %
Margny-aux-Cerises	60	695 km N	258	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Riencourt-lès-Cagnicourt	62	754 km N	253	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Landroff	57	718 km NE	259	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Carrépuis	80	698 km N	250	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Affringues	62	803 km N	254	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bugny	25	535 km NE	257	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 1 % · humidity 57 %
Margny-aux-Cerises	60	695 km N	258	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Carrépuis	80	698 km N	250	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Landroff	57	718 km NE	259	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Riencourt-lès-Cagnicourt	62	754 km N	253	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Affringues	62	803 km N	254	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · 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 Varennes'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
Pompéjac	33	189 km NW	277	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bagas	33	189 km NW	283	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Montcabrier	81	17 km N	304	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Canté	09	28 km SW	222	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre	31	17 km N	268	15.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Vendine	31	14 km NE	269	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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