Castillon-Massas
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 15.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Castillon-Massas (INSEE 32089) is in Gers (32), part of CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne. Population 222 (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 15.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 35 % of the 16,630 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 7.98 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.91 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
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
| 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 251 (2012) → 222 (2023): -11.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 171 (1990) → 222 (2023): 29.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 110, of which 0.9 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Auch): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Roquelaure): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Auch): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Preignan): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Roquelaure): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the AUCH weather station, 5.7 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 213 m. [11]
The village sits 91 m above 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 5 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AUCH, 5.7 km away at 122 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 91 m below 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 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LAVARDENS, 4.9 km away at 210 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 — 32089/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32089/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32089/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32089/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32013
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32348
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32331
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fossès-et-Baleyssac | 33 | 105 km N | 222 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Germier | 32 | 33 km E | 212 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cours-les-Bains | 33 | 86 km NW | 227 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lamayou | 64 | 60 km SW | 214 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Hubert | 57 | 756 km NE | 229 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 64 % |
| Chézy | 03 | 395 km NE | 212 | 10 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germier | 32 | 33 km E | 212 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lamayou | 64 | 60 km SW | 214 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 % |
| Cours-les-Bains | 33 | 86 km NW | 227 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fossès-et-Baleyssac | 33 | 105 km N | 222 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chézy | 03 | 395 km NE | 212 | 10 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Hubert | 57 | 756 km NE | 229 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 64 % |
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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 Castillon-Massas'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagne-Vigny | 16 | 203 km N | 234 | 14 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Voulgézac | 16 | 202 km N | 244 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Réjaumont | 32 | 11 km N | 246 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Front-d'Alemps | 24 | 180 km N | 252 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bosset | 24 | 138 km N | 234 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Crastes | 32 | 15 km E | 264 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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