Castex-d'Armagnac
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 13.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Castex-d'Armagnac (INSEE 32087) is in Gers (32), part of CC du Grand Armagnac. Population 144 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 13.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 13,781 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.9 |
| Housing mix | 0.58 | 5 | 2.91 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE CASTEX D'ARMAGNAC). [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
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 1 | POINT LECTURE DE CASTEX D'ARMAGNAC | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 95 (2012) → 144 (2023): 51.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 121 (1990) → 144 (2023): 19 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 91, of which 20.9 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Monguilhem): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Estang): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Monguilhem): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Estang): 4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Monguilhem): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the SALLES-D'ARMAGN weather station, 12 km away at 133 m; the village itself is at 95 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LE HOUGA, 13.8 km away at 141 m, over 18 summers. [10]
An average of 906 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CAZAUBON - DDE, 10.1 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 172,500 € — 1,194 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Gers is 1,285 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32087/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32087/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32087/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32087/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32271
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32127
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poiseul-la-Ville-et-Laperrière | 21 | 556 km NE | 154 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 29 % |
| Saint-Arailles | 32 | 50 km SE | 134 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bars | 32 | 55 km SE | 123 | 9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 % |
| Châtenay | 71 | 447 km NE | 166 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 7 % · humidity 29 % |
| Laveissenet | 15 | 278 km NE | 137 | 14 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 % |
| Marcy | 58 | 474 km NE | 139 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Arailles | 32 | 50 km SE | 134 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bars | 32 | 55 km SE | 123 | 9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 % |
| Laveissenet | 15 | 278 km NE | 137 | 14 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 % |
| Châtenay | 71 | 447 km NE | 166 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 7 % · humidity 29 % |
| Marcy | 58 | 474 km NE | 139 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 % |
| Poiseul-la-Ville-et-Laperrière | 21 | 556 km NE | 154 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 29 % |
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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 Castex-d'Armagnac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Arailles | 32 | 50 km SE | 134 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sembas | 47 | 83 km NE | 142 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sabazan | 32 | 25 km SE | 126 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mauroux | 32 | 79 km E | 143 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lannemaignan | 32 | 4.4 km NW | 105 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arblade-le-Bas | 32 | 18 km S | 134 | 15 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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