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Villariès

Haute-Garonne · CC des Coteaux du Girou · INSEE 31579

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

Partly served 47.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villariès (INSEE 31579) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC des Coteaux du Girou. Population 921 (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/31579-villaries

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 14,839 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
Social0.48209.5
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (MILLE ET UN DESSERTS · CLAVIEUX SIBYLLE · MODERNA PIZZA). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES COQUELICOTS). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MONIQUE ITIER-HEITZ, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 2 RUE DE LA MAIRIE). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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]
Restaurant3MILLE ET UN DESSERTS · CLAVIEUX SIBYLLE · MODERNA PIZZAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES COQUELICOTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1MONIQUE ITIER-HEITZ, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 2 RUE DE LA MAIRIEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 208 2023: 921 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 821 (2012) → 921 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 523 (1990) → 921 (2023): 76.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 1.1 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.1 km SW (Labastide-Saint-Sernin)Food shop — 2.1 km SW (Labastide-Saint-Sernin)Pharmacy — 2.3 km SW (Labastide-Saint-Sernin)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.1 km SWFood shop — 2.1 km SWPharmacy — 2.3 km SW 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 (Labastide-Saint-Sernin): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Labastide-Saint-Sernin): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Villariès): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Labastide-Saint-Sernin): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Villariès): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the VILLEMATIER weather station, 8.5 km away at 115 m; the village itself is at 177 m. [10]

The village sits 62 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. [10]

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

Humidity measured at TOULOUSE-BLAGNAC, 17.1 km away at 151 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at VILLARIES, 1.2 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31579/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31579/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31579/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31579/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31252
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31579
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Étaimpuis76655 km N88034.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Médard-en-Forez42306 km NE96242.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mont-Saint-Éloi62739 km N1,02229.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Bascons40154 km W85540.9Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Lacs36318 km N65334.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Belleau54670 km NE76629.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bascons40154 km W85540.9Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Médard-en-Forez42306 km NE96242.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Lacs36318 km N65334.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Étaimpuis76655 km N88034.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 84 %
Belleau54670 km NE76629.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Mont-Saint-Éloi62739 km N1,02229.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 99 % · 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 Villariès'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
Monclar47109 km NW90038.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Gauzens8133 km E90513.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Porchères33184 km NW88730Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lavelanet-de-Comminges3163 km SW65337Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-en-Gier69325 km NE60044.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cernin-de-Larche19150 km N69533.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %