Castéra-Verduzan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Castéra-Verduzan (INSEE 32083) is in Gers (32), part of CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne. Population 1,041 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/32083-castera-verduzan
Vitality score
Vitality score 59/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 14,079 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.82 | 20 | 16.42 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.81 | 10 | 8.11 |
| Housing mix | 0.8 | 5 | 4.02 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE DE FLOVIN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (EL BODEGON · BISTRO SALE SUCRE · L'EMPREINTE · LE FLORIDA). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (O VER'DUZAN). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AGATHE MERLIN, MÉDECIN · CLAUDE GALLARDO, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MICHEL GARCIA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE CASTÉRA-VERDUZAN). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (LE SALON D'AURORE · SCULPT COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DES THERMES). [3,4]
2 × Campsite. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA MIE DE FLOVIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | EL BODEGON · BISTRO SALE SUCRE · L'EMPREINTE · LE FLORIDA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | O VER'DUZAN | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | AGATHE MERLIN, MÉDECIN · CLAUDE GALLARDO, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MICHEL GARCIA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | POINT LECTURE DE CASTÉRA-VERDUZAN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | BASE DE LOISIRS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | LE SALON D'AURORE · SCULPT COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT DES THERMES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 938 (2012) → 1,041 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 794 (1990) → 1,041 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 631, of which 9.8 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Castéra-Verduzan): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Castéra-Verduzan): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Castéra-Verduzan): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Jegun): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Castéra-Verduzan): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BEAUCAIRE weather station, 6.3 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 108 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CAUSSENS, 15 km away at 184 m, over 14 summers. [11]
That station sits 76 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 776 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BEAUCAIRE, 6.3 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32083/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/a0c060e3-6493-38ee-8801-5d4af8dd625e— “Marché de producteurs le dimanche matin - Castéra-verduzan.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32083/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32083/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32083/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32083
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32162
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Riceys | 10 | 556 km NE | 1,174 | 52.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 54 % · humidity 14 % |
| Excideuil | 24 | 178 km N | 1,201 | 50.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 % |
| Hermies | 62 | 729 km N | 1,062 | 57.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 % |
| Gabarret | 40 | 39 km NW | 1,283 | 57.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 % |
| Oisemont | 80 | 691 km N | 1,127 | 53.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 95 % · humidity 14 % |
| Paulhaguet | 43 | 290 km NE | 853 | 69.9 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabarret | 40 | 39 km NW | 1,283 | 57.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 % |
| Excideuil | 24 | 178 km N | 1,201 | 50.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 % |
| Paulhaguet | 43 | 290 km NE | 853 | 69.9 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 % |
| Les Riceys | 10 | 556 km NE | 1,174 | 52.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 54 % · humidity 14 % |
| Oisemont | 80 | 691 km N | 1,127 | 53.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 95 % · humidity 14 % |
| Hermies | 62 | 729 km N | 1,062 | 57.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 % |
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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 Castéra-Verduzan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valence-sur-Baïse | 32 | 9.5 km NW | 1,147 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire | 11 | 171 km SE | 712 | 53.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Puy-l'Évêque | 46 | 96 km NE | 1,860 | 55.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dourgne | 81 | 142 km E | 1,313 | 44.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prayssac | 46 | 99 km NE | 2,519 | 69.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Luzech | 46 | 101 km NE | 1,750 | 42 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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