Giroussens

Tarn · CA Gaillac-Graulhet · INSEE 81104

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

Partly served 48.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Giroussens (INSEE 81104) is in Tarn (81), part of CA Gaillac-Graulhet. Population 1,571 (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/81104-giroussens

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 11,270 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.78	20	15.54
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.99	10	9.95
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON JANIN). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (DIVIN · L'ECHAUGUETTE · CHEZ LUCHO). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (GITE ET CAFE SUQUET). ^[4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CASIMIR BELDA). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE HORS CONTRAT MONTESSORI DU PASTEL GIROUSSENS). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES CRETES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GIROUSSENS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GIROUSSENS). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (ELODIE COIFF' · I.D COIFF · LE SALON DE FLORENCE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON JANIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	DIVIN · L'ECHAUGUETTE · CHEZ LUCHO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	GITE ET CAFE SUQUET	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CASIMIR BELDA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CASIMIR BELDA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE HORS CONTRAT MONTESSORI DU PASTEL GIROUSSENS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES CRETES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	GIROUSSENS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GIROUSSENS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	4	ELODIE COIFF' · I.D COIFF · LE SALON DE FLORENCE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 1,054 2023: 1,571 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,422 (2012) → 1,571 (2023): 10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,051 (1990) → 1,571 (2023): 49.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 748, of which 7.2 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km SEBakery — 0.6 km EFood shop — 4.1 km NWGP — 6.9 km NW 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 (Giroussens): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Coufouleux): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Coufouleux): 6.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Giroussens): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Giroussens): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 41.7

Days at or below 0 °C 42.8

Muggy days a summer 7.3

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAVAUR weather station, 10.7 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 163 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LAVAUR, 10.7 km away at 131 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RABASTENS, 7.6 km away at 111 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81104
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81070
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
Plancher-Bas	70	584 km NE	1,846	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 %
Garat	16	239 km NW	2,105	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Chassal-Molinges	39	426 km NE	1,113	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Diou	03	345 km NE	1,343	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Villaudric	31	28 km W	1,653	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Montaigut-sur-Save	31	44 km W	1,984	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villaudric	31	28 km W	1,653	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Montaigut-sur-Save	31	44 km W	1,984	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Garat	16	239 km NW	2,105	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Diou	03	345 km NE	1,343	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Chassal-Molinges	39	426 km NE	1,113	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Plancher-Bas	70	584 km NE	1,846	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Giroussens'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
Montaigut-sur-Save	31	44 km W	1,984	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Monestiés	81	43 km NE	1,381	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Gontaud-de-Nogaret	47	141 km NW	1,638	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lautrec	81	30 km E	1,673	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Castelmayran	82	66 km NW	1,186	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Larra	31	44 km W	2,273	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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