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Lamazère

Gers · CC Coeur d'Astarac en Gascogne · INSEE 32187

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

Few services 21.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lamazère (INSEE 32187) is in Gers (32), part of CC Coeur d'Astarac en Gascogne. Population 129 (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/32187-lamazere

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 12,827 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.64106.42
Housing mix0.7153.57

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]

2 × 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 / bar2INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 135 peak 2007: 152 2023: 129 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 135 (2012) → 129 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 113 (1990) → 129 (2023): 14.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 77, of which 14.3 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 1.8 km SE (Miramont-d'Astarac)Food shop — 3.6 km NW (L'Isle-de-Noé)Bakery — 4.1 km S (Mirande)GP — 5.9 km SW (Mirande)Pharmacy — 6.1 km SW (Mirande)
Primary school — 1.8 km SEFood shop — 3.6 km NWBakery — 4.1 km SGP — 5.9 km SWPharmacy — 6.1 km SW 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 (Mirande): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (L'Isle-de-Noé): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Mirande): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Mirande): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Miramont-d'Astarac): 1.8 km to the south-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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MIRANDE weather station, 5.1 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 148 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at MASSEUBE, 16.4 km away at 217 m, over 10 summers. [11]

That station sits 69 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MIRANDE, 5.1 km away at 184 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 172,640 € — 1,162 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Gers is 1,285 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32187/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32187/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32187/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32187/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32256
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32159
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32254
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Cernay14608 km N13721Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Martin-des-Lais03428 km NE12213.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Lacajunte4071 km W14419.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Tourdun3224 km W11720.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Moncassin3212 km S12318.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pécorade4067 km W13318.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Moncassin3212 km S12318.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Tourdun3224 km W11720.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Pécorade4067 km W13318.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Lacajunte4071 km W14419.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Martin-des-Lais03428 km NE12213.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Cernay14608 km N13721Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 99 %

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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 Lamazère'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
Mauvezin-d'Armagnac4064 km NW10518.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Fustérouau3238 km W12512.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Manses09121 km SE1309No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Maumusson-Laguian3245 km W1398.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Labarthète3250 km W1459.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montaut3218 km S1228.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %