Encausse

Gers · CC Bastides de Lomagne · INSEE 32120

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Encausse (INSEE 32120) is in Gers (32), part of CC Bastides de Lomagne. Population 445 (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 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,952 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE D'ENCAUSSE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 D'ENCAUSSE	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

1968: 255 2023: 445 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 405 (2012) → 445 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 274 (1990) → 445 (2023): 62.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 186, of which 3.2 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.4 km NBakery — 3.5 km NFood shop — 3.5 km NPharmacy — 3.8 km NE 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 (Cadours): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cadours): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cadours): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cadours): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Encausse): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 38.4

Days at or below 0 °C 54.5

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the STE-ANNE weather station, 8.7 km away at 132 m; the village itself is at 223 m. ^[10]

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. ^[10]

An average of 681 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at STE-ANNE, 8.7 km away at 132 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32120/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32120/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32120/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32120/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31098
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32120
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
Le Thieulin	28	524 km N	423	33.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 99 %
Lempty	63	298 km NE	417	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Châtelain	53	474 km N	470	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 82 %
Unias	42	329 km NE	469	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 93 %
Colombier	70	596 km NE	434	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Michel-de-Volangis	18	400 km N	474	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lempty	63	298 km NE	417	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Unias	42	329 km NE	469	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Michel-de-Volangis	18	400 km N	474	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %
Châtelain	53	474 km N	470	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 82 %
Le Thieulin	28	524 km N	423	33.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 99 %
Colombier	70	596 km NE	434	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 88 %

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