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Justian

Gers · CC Artagnan de Fezensac · INSEE 32166

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

No daily shops 18.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Justian (INSEE 32166) is in Gers (32), part of CC Artagnan de Fezensac. Population 108 (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/32166-justian

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 11,270 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.58105.8
Housing mix0.6653.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

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

1 × Café / bar. [4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [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 station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 92 peak 2017: 118 2023: 108 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 108 (2012) → 108 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 100 (1990) → 108 (2023): 8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 71, of which 16.9 % second homes and 15.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.7 km S (Marambat)GP — 5.0 km S (Vic-Fezensac)Food shop — 5.5 km S (Vic-Fezensac)Bakery — 6.1 km S (Vic-Fezensac)Pharmacy — 6.4 km S (Vic-Fezensac)
Primary school — 4.7 km SGP — 5.0 km SFood shop — 5.5 km SBakery — 6.1 km SPharmacy — 6.4 km S 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 (Vic-Fezensac): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vic-Fezensac): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Vic-Fezensac): 5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Vic-Fezensac): 6.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Marambat): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the COURRENSAN weather station, 6.5 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 116 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at COURRENSAN, 6.5 km away at 153 m, over 14 summers. [10]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at VIC-FEZEN - DDE, 6.1 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32166/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32166/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32166/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32166/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32462
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32231
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Lisseuil63324 km NE10718.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 12 % · humidity 0 %
Drubec14606 km N11122Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 99 % · humidity 7 %
Chanceaux-près-Loches37374 km N10913.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 %
Bazordan6569 km S11113.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Tourdun3232 km S11720.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Martin-des-Lais03412 km NE12213.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 14 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tourdun3232 km S11720.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Bazordan6569 km S11113.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Lisseuil63324 km NE10718.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 12 % · humidity 0 %
Chanceaux-près-Loches37374 km N10913.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Martin-des-Lais03412 km NE12213.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 14 %
Drubec14606 km N11122Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 99 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Justian'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
Rozès325.8 km E11310.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Noulens3211 km W10017.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pécorade4057 km W13318.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ilharre64118 km SW14718.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Castelner4077 km W12015.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bonas3210 km SE1068.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %