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Bazian

Gers · CC Artagnan de Fezensac · INSEE 32033

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bazian (INSEE 32033) is in Gers (32), part of CC Artagnan de Fezensac. Population 97 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/32033-bazian

Vitality score

Vitality score 7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 10,303 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.35103.51
Housing mix0.4952.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 171 2023: 97 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 114 (2012) → 97 (2023): -14.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 114 (1990) → 97 (2023): -14.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 87, of which 25.3 % second homes and 17.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 2.9 km SE (Riguepeu)Food shop — 7.6 km NE (Saint-Jean-Poutge)Bakery — 9.5 km N (Vic-Fezensac)Pharmacy — 9.7 km N (Vic-Fezensac)GP — 10.2 km S (Montesquiou)
Primary school — 2.9 km SEFood shop — 7.6 km NEBakery — 9.5 km NPharmacy — 9.7 km NGP — 10.2 km S 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 (Vic-Fezensac): 9.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-Poutge): 7.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Montesquiou): 10.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Vic-Fezensac): 9.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Riguepeu): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the PEYRUSSE-GRANDE weather station, 10 km away at 254 m; the village itself is at 165 m. [12]

The village sits 89 m below 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at PEYRUSSE-GRANDE, 10 km away at 254 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 89 m above 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 748 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BIRAN, 6.3 km away at 114 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32033/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32033/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32033/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32033/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32462
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32382
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32285
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32343
  12. 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
Estal46188 km NE975.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Laurent-des-Combes16189 km N9710No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Castex0998 km SE9912.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois50578 km N986.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 58 % · humidity 36 %
Mazières-Naresse47114 km N964.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Pouge23287 km NE9610.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Castex0998 km SE9912.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 84 %
Mazières-Naresse47114 km N964.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Estal46188 km NE975.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Laurent-des-Combes16189 km N9710No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
La Pouge23287 km NE9610.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois50578 km N986.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 58 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Bazian'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
Armous-et-Cau3215 km SW9611.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Sion3226 km W997.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-d'Anglès327.1 km S9310.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Bivès3243 km NE1118No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Avezan3244 km NE868.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Caumont3234 km W1039.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %