Le Houga

Gers · CC du Bas Armagnac · INSEE 32155

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

Partly served 47.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Houga (INSEE 32155) is in Gers (32), part of CC du Bas Armagnac. Population 1,202 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 47.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 13,200 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.66	20	13.11
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.53	10	5.31
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ROYAUME DES DELICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SNC BAQUERISSE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LA FERME AUX CERFS ET AUX SANGLIERS · CHEZ YANN PIZZA · DUBOIS MARIE-NOELLE · ROTISSERIE DE GASCOGNE · KENGMO TCHIGUIE FRANCINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (ZEZE BAR). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE NUMERO 2). ^[3]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ABDELKRIM MOKDADI, MÉDECIN · JULIE BOUSQUET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PAU CHRISTINE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (CALYPSO COIFFURE · FOLGA'TIF). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DE SARRAUTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket. ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ROYAUME DES DELICES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SNC BAQUERISSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	LA FERME AUX CERFS ET AUX SANGLIERS · CHEZ YANN PIZZA · DUBOIS MARIE-NOELLE · ROTISSERIE DE GASCOGNE · KENGMO TCHIGUIE FRANCINE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	ZEZE BAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE NUMERO 2	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ABDELKRIM MOKDADI, MÉDECIN · JULIE BOUSQUET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PAU CHRISTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	CALYPSO COIFFURE · FOLGA'TIF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	DOMAINE DE SARRAUTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,182 2023: 1,202 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,185 (2012) → 1,202 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,166 (1990) → 1,202 (2023): 3.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 652, of which 6.1 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 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 (Le Houga): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Le Houga): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Houga): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Houga): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Houga): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.6

Days at or below 0 °C 24.1

Muggy days a summer 10.8▸

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE HOUGA weather station, 3.2 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 143 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE HOUGA, 3.2 km away at 141 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PERCHEDE, 2.7 km away at 127 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32155/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/e6ca591d-ff31-3b1d-b182-f4e9aa304f46— “Le dimanche matin, c'est jour de marché au Houga sur la place des arènes : fruits et légumes, fruits secs, olives, fromage, rôtisserie, miel, vin, produits locaux, huîtres, tapisserie décoration et produits cosmétiques.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32155/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32155/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32155/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32155
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
Chaunay	86	272 km N	1,194	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Rodemack	57	800 km NE	1,277	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 45 %
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique	02	692 km N	990	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 55 % · humidity 29 %
Charmont-sous-Barbuise	10	615 km NE	1,053	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 29 %
Val-de-Saâne	76	665 km N	1,454	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 29 %
Cendras	30	342 km E	1,599	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chaunay	86	272 km N	1,194	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Cendras	30	342 km E	1,599	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %
Charmont-sous-Barbuise	10	615 km NE	1,053	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 29 %
Val-de-Saâne	76	665 km N	1,454	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 29 %
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique	02	692 km N	990	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 55 % · humidity 29 %
Rodemack	57	800 km NE	1,277	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 45 %

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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 Le Houga'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
Prayssas	47	79 km NE	993	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Braud-et-Saint-Louis	33	168 km N	1,527	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Aubiet	32	79 km E	1,134	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Cartelègue	33	160 km N	1,334	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fanjeaux	11	190 km E	885	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rions	33	100 km N	1,470	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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