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Bernède

Gers · CC d'Aire-sur-l'Adour · INSEE 32046

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

No daily shops 11.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bernède (INSEE 32046) is in Gers (32), part of CC d'Aire-sur-l'Adour. Population 182 (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/32046-bernede

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 15,408 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 & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.42104.24
Housing mix0.7253.6

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 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”.

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

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE BERNÈDE). [3]

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. [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]
Library1POINT LECTURE DE BERNÈDEINSEE 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: 250 2023: 182 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 214 (2012) → 182 (2023): -15 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 182 (2023): -7.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 14 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.3 km S (Lannux)Food shop — 3.8 km N (Barcelonne-du-Gers)Bakery — 4.1 km N (Barcelonne-du-Gers)GP — 4.1 km N (Barcelonne-du-Gers)Pharmacy — 5.0 km NW (Aire-sur-l'Adour)
Primary school — 2.3 km SFood shop — 3.8 km NBakery — 4.1 km NGP — 4.1 km NPharmacy — 5.0 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 (Barcelonne-du-Gers): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Barcelonne-du-Gers): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Barcelonne-du-Gers): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Aire-sur-l'Adour): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Lannux): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LE HOUGA weather station, 9.3 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 122 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at LE HOUGA, 9.3 km away at 141 m, over 18 summers. [11]

An average of 879 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LE HOUGA, 9.3 km away at 141 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32046/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32046/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32046/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32046/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32027
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40001
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32192
  11. 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
Bégole6572 km SE18913.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Pé-Saint-Simon4745 km NE18210.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %
Monlaur-Bernet3269 km SE16310.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Humbligny18458 km NE17510.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Dammarie-en-Puisaye45501 km NE17111.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Juxue6482 km SW20011.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Pé-Saint-Simon4745 km NE18210.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %
Monlaur-Bernet3269 km SE16310.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Bégole6572 km SE18913.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Juxue6482 km SW20011.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Humbligny18458 km NE17510.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Dammarie-en-Puisaye45501 km NE17111.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %

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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 Bernède'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
Juxue6482 km SW20011.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sorbets3218 km E20312.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léonard3282 km E18411.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Festes-et-Saint-André11206 km E18518.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Arailles3247 km E13411.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Taron-Sadirac-Viellenave6418 km S1688.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %