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Fleurance

Gers · CC de la Lomagne Gersoise · INSEE 32132

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

Partly served 58/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fleurance (INSEE 32132) is in Gers (32), part of CC de la Lomagne Gersoise. Population 6,247 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/32132-fleurance

Vitality score

Vitality score 58/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 3,806 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 food0.472511.83
Social0.842016.75
Education0.39103.93
Health0.63106.32
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.48104.81
Housing mix0.9154.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 2 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 1 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) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · MELI CANDY). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (DU NAUDET · TORNIL BOUCHER). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PETIT CASINO). [3,4]

4 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR MARKET · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]

13 × Restaurant (PRESTO PIZZA · LA PAUSE). [3,4]

5 × Café / bar (CHEZ BRIT · BAR LE CHANTPIE). [4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA CROUTZ · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-LAURENT). [3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE HUBERT REEVES · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH). [3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOHANNA RATSIMBA, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE MEYNIER, MÉDECIN · PIERRE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · ERIC DESLANDRES, MÉDECIN). [3]

4 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CLARENS CARAYON · PHARMACIE REPUBLIQUE GASCOGNE · PHARMACIE ANTUNES · PHARMACIE CENTRALE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Cinema (GRAND ANGLE). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MARIUS LACOSTE · COLLEGE HUBERT REEVES). [3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES · BANQUE POPULAIRE OCCITANE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT AGRICOLE). [3]

17 × Hairdresser (DARENGOSSE DANIELE · QUELHAS ROSARIA · MJC COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (LE FLEURANCE · LE RELAIS). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Fishmonger, 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 3 × Hairdresser, 2 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · MELI CANDYINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2DU NAUDET · TORNIL BOUCHERINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PETIT CASINOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket4LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR MARKET · INTERMARCHEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant13PRESTO PIZZA · LA PAUSEINSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Café / bar5CHEZ BRIT · BAR LE CHANTPIEINSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)2ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA CROUTZ · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-LAURENTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège2COLLEGE HUBERT REEVES · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPHINSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4JOHANNA RATSIMBA, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE MEYNIER, MÉDECIN · PIERRE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · ERIC DESLANDRES, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy4PHARMACIE CLARENS CARAYON · PHARMACIE REPUBLIQUE GASCOGNE · PHARMACIE ANTUNES · PHARMACIE CENTRALEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1GRAND ANGLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall2STADE MARIUS LACOSTE · COLLEGE HUBERT REEVESINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank4CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES · BANQUE POPULAIRE OCCITANE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT AGRICOLEINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser17DARENGOSSE DANIELE · QUELHAS ROSARIA · MJC COIFFUREINSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 21 [3,4]
Fuel station5STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Hotel2LE FLEURANCE · LE RELAISINSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Tuesday, Saturday 8h à 13h sous et autour de la Halle de la Mairie et tout le long de la rue Adolphe Cadéot. [5,6,7]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Confirmed by two independent sources: Tuesday. Reported by one source only: Saturday. [7]

Trajectory

1968: 5,154 peak 1990: 6,368 2023: 6,247 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,245 (2012) → 6,247 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [8,1]

Population 6,368 (1990) → 6,247 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. [9,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,885, of which 4.5 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. [10]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.6 km NW (Fleurance)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.6 km NW 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 (Fleurance): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Food shop (Fleurance): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

GP (Fleurance): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (Fleurance): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Fleurance): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [11]

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LECTOURE weather station, 9.5 km away at 179 m; the village itself is at 96 m. [12]

The village sits 83 m below 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at MAUROUX, 14.4 km away at 201 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 105 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 727 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at FLEURANCE, 2.9 km away at 108 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32132/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.villefleurance.fr/marches— “Tous les mardis de 8h à 13h, sous et autour de la Halle de la Mairie et tout le long de la rue Adolphe Cadéot”
  6. DATAtourisme 2024-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/05206cc2-1c77-3037-b4b5-0b302ce80491— “Marché du Mardi Matin à Fleurance.”
  7. DATAtourisme 2024-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/c08f8a07-f78b-3b02-afc1-07a2ea1c1d25— “Marché de Producteurs du Samedi à Fleurance.”
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32132/2012
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32132/1990
  10. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32132/logement/2023
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32132
  12. 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
Terrasson-Lavilledieu24151 km N6,21863.7ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Aire-sur-l'Adour4076 km W6,21167.7ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Oraison04421 km E6,15557.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 29 %
Sainte-Sigolène43323 km NE6,09758.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 30 % · humidity 21 %
Condom3226 km NW6,47366ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien28520 km N6,41960.6ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Condom3226 km NW6,47366ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Aire-sur-l'Adour4076 km W6,21167.7ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Terrasson-Lavilledieu24151 km N6,21863.7ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Sigolène43323 km NE6,09758.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 30 % · humidity 21 %
Oraison04421 km E6,15557.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 29 %
Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien28520 km N6,41960.6ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · 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 Fleurance'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
Ille-sur-Têt66206 km SE5,55660.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montagnac34231 km E4,51558.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lectoure329.9 km N3,67053.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Florensac34231 km E5,25449.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-de-Marsan4078 km W2,50862.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vias34230 km E5,95266.9ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %