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Castex

Gers · CC Astarac Arros en Gascogne · INSEE 32086

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

No daily shops 6.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Castex (INSEE 32086) is in Gers (32), part of CC Astarac Arros en Gascogne. Population 75 (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/32086-castex

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 7,944 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 trend0.36103.62
Housing mix0.3851.89

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: 154 2023: 75 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 93 (2012) → 75 (2023): -19.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 87 (1990) → 75 (2023): -13.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 61, of which 31.1 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.6 km NW (Estampes)Primary school — 4.6 km E (Manas-Bastanous)GP — 5.4 km N (Miélan)Food shop — 5.7 km N (Miélan)Pharmacy — 5.7 km N (Miélan)
Bakery — 2.6 km NWPrimary school — 4.6 km EGP — 5.4 km NFood shop — 5.7 km NPharmacy — 5.7 km N 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 (Estampes): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Miélan): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Miélan): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Miélan): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Manas-Bastanous): 4.6 km to the east (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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SADEILLAN weather station, 3.9 km away at 263 m; the village itself is at 309 m. [11]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SADEILLAN, 3.9 km away at 263 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 — 32086/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32086/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32086/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32086/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32126
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32252
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32226
  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
Lespugue3133 km SE756.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Chauchailles48272 km NE753.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 31 %
Bésignan26416 km E7612.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Caprais46153 km NE756.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 45 %
Bussière-Nouvelle23338 km NE733.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 62 %
Couffy-sur-Sarsonne19301 km NE725.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lespugue3133 km SE756.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Caprais46153 km NE756.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 45 %
Chauchailles48272 km NE753.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 31 %
Couffy-sur-Sarsonne19301 km NE725.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 0 %
Bussière-Nouvelle23338 km NE733.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 62 %
Bésignan26416 km E7612.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %

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