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Dému

Gers · CC du Grand Armagnac · INSEE 32115

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 46.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dému (INSEE 32115) is in Gers (32), part of CC du Grand Armagnac. Population 317 (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/32115-demu

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 17,936 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 food0.52512.47
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.48104.75
Housing mix0.8154.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON GILLET). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL PALACIN). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (HAPPY SNACK). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (DEMU RP). [3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE DÉMU). [3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2MAISON GILLETINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1SARL PALACININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2HAPPY SNACKINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1DEMU RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1POINT LECTURE DE DÉMUINSEE BPE 1 [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 station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 403 2023: 317 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 333 (2012) → 317 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 325 (1990) → 317 (2023): -2.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 9.6 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmFood shop — 2.8 km SW (Dému)GP — 5.4 km E (Lannepax)Pharmacy — 10.1 km SW (Aignan)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km SWGP — 5.4 km EPharmacy — 10.1 km SW 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 (Dému): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Dému): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Lannepax): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Aignan): 10.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Dému): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the RAMOUZENS weather station, 6.1 km away at 164 m; the village itself is at 160 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at EAUZE, 11.1 km away at 165 m, over 12 summers. [11]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LANNEPAX, 4.5 km away at 181 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 — 32115/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32115/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32115/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32115/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32115
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32190
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32001
  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
Biollet63317 km NE30933.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 %
Losse4044 km NW28628.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 43 %
Soudan79296 km N42432.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Eancé35464 km N42937Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %
Puymaurin3165 km SE30926.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Pardoux63340 km NE42853.9Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 14 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Losse4044 km NW28628.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 43 %
Puymaurin3165 km SE30926.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Soudan79296 km N42432.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Biollet63317 km NE30933.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Pardoux63340 km NE42853.9Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 14 % · humidity 0 %
Eancé35464 km N42937Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · 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 Dému'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lauraët3220 km N24532.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon07370 km E42229.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby64101 km SW24017No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Poudenx4064 km W21919.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Courrensan3211 km NE39129.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gourbera4098 km W36416.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %