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Lagraulet-du-Gers

Gers · CC de la Tenarèze · INSEE 32180

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

Few services 26.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lagraulet-du-Gers (INSEE 32180) is in Gers (32), part of CC de la Tenarèze. Population 560 (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/32180-lagraulet-du-gers

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,448 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.92109.18
Housing mix0.4852.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVAIN LE ROY, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LAGRAULET). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (CANONNE CHRISTIE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1SYLVAIN LE ROY, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LAGRAULETINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1CANONNE CHRISTIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 545 peak 2017: 575 2023: 560 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 476 (2012) → 560 (2023): 17.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 395 (1990) → 560 (2023): 41.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 396, of which 26 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.8 km SE (Gondrin)Food shop — 2.8 km SE (Gondrin)GP — 2.8 km SE (Gondrin)Pharmacy — 5.3 km N (Montréal)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km SEFood shop — 2.8 km SEGP — 2.8 km SEPharmacy — 5.3 km N 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 (Gondrin): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gondrin): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Gondrin): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Montréal): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Lagraulet-du-Gers): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

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. [11]

Measured at the COURRENSAN weather station, 5.5 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 166 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at COURRENSAN, 5.5 km away at 153 m, over 14 summers. [11]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at COURRENSAN, 5.5 km away at 153 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32180/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32180/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32180/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32180/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32149
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32290
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32180
  11. 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
Céaux-d'Allègre43314 km NE48719.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 11 % · humidity 0 %
Attignat-Oncin73474 km NE57424Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %
Montereau45476 km N64521.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 7 %
Plazac24142 km NE71726.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Montipouret36333 km NE61622Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 14 %
Lacapelle-Viescamp15199 km NE52827.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Plazac24142 km NE71726.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Lacapelle-Viescamp15199 km NE52827.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Céaux-d'Allègre43314 km NE48719.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 11 % · humidity 0 %
Montipouret36333 km NE61622Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 14 %
Attignat-Oncin73474 km NE57424Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %
Montereau45476 km N64521.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · 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 Lagraulet-du-Gers'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
Malaussanne6467 km SW45019.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon07363 km E42229.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cassen4087 km W62431.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Vielleségure6494 km SW37619.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bouteville16191 km N31315.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Duhort-Bachen4047 km SW70028Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %