L'Isle-Bouzon
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
L'Isle-Bouzon (INSEE 32158) is in Gers (32), part of CC Bastides de Lomagne. Population 252 (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 10.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 13 % of the 17,272 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 | 0.6 | 10 | 5.96 |
| Housing mix | 0.66 | 5 | 3.3 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 250 (2012) → 252 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 230 (1990) → 252 (2023): 9.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 17 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Clar): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Clar): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Lectoure): 8.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Clar): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Clar): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LECTOURE weather station, 7.3 km away at 179 m; the village itself is at 163 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MAUROUX, 8 km away at 201 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 726 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-CLAR, 4.7 km away at 165 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 — 32158/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32158/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32158/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32158/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32370
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32208
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrie | 86 | 355 km N | 251 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 % |
| Cazideroque | 47 | 55 km N | 249 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 % |
| Le Bourdeix | 24 | 185 km N | 246 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 % |
| Saint-Ellier-les-Bois | 61 | 515 km N | 254 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 % |
| Coatascorn | 22 | 610 km NW | 248 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 % |
| Arpheuilles | 36 | 333 km N | 240 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cazideroque | 47 | 55 km N | 249 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 % |
| Le Bourdeix | 24 | 185 km N | 246 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 % |
| Arpheuilles | 36 | 333 km N | 240 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
| Berrie | 86 | 355 km N | 251 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Ellier-les-Bois | 61 | 515 km N | 254 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 % |
| Coatascorn | 22 | 610 km NW | 248 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 % |
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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 L'Isle-Bouzon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaudiès | 09 | 116 km SE | 235 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gimbrède | 32 | 13 km N | 295 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Savignac-de-Duras | 47 | 96 km NW | 219 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Roquebrune | 32 | 41 km SW | 207 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caragoudes | 31 | 92 km SE | 239 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cambiac | 31 | 98 km SE | 236 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
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