Castet-Arrouy
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Castet-Arrouy (INSEE 32085) is in Gers (32), part of CC de la Lomagne Gersoise. Population 168 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 14,884 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.73 |
| Housing mix | 0.71 | 5 | 3.54 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LA PLANCHA). [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 1 | LA PLANCHA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 181 (2012) → 168 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 132 (1990) → 168 (2023): 27.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 96, of which 14.6 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Miradoux): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sempesserre): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Miradoux): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lectoure): 9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Miradoux): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LECTOURE weather station, 8 km away at 179 m; the village itself is at 108 m. [11]
The village sits 71 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MAUROUX, 12 km away at 201 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 93 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 688 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MIRADOUX, 3.8 km away at 198 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32085/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32085/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32085/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32085/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32253
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32429
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32208
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gironville | 77 | 488 km N | 166 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 % |
| Mailleroncourt-Saint-Pancras | 70 | 606 km NE | 174 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 19 % · humidity 43 % |
| Charézier | 39 | 489 km NE | 166 | 22.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 29 % |
| Longepierre | 71 | 480 km NE | 161 | 16 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Mont | 71 | 463 km NE | 174 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 % |
| Fourbanne | 25 | 572 km NE | 155 | 26.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 12 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin-du-Mont | 71 | 463 km NE | 174 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 % |
| Longepierre | 71 | 480 km NE | 161 | 16 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 % |
| Gironville | 77 | 488 km N | 166 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 % |
| Charézier | 39 | 489 km NE | 166 | 22.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 29 % |
| Fourbanne | 25 | 572 km NE | 155 | 26.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 12 % |
| Mailleroncourt-Saint-Pancras | 70 | 606 km NE | 174 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 19 % · humidity 43 % |
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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 Castet-Arrouy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Colombe-de-la-Commanderie | 66 | 224 km SE | 183 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villefloure | 11 | 165 km SE | 156 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Urdens | 32 | 14 km S | 264 | 22.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Amancet | 81 | 125 km SE | 170 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tarsac | 32 | 75 km SW | 164 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Durfort | 81 | 124 km SE | 258 | 23.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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