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Laujuzan

Gers · CC du Bas Armagnac · INSEE 32202

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

Few services 27.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laujuzan (INSEE 32202) is in Gers (32), part of CC du Bas Armagnac. Population 294 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/32202-laujuzan

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,792 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.7107
Housing mix0.7753.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (SAND'GIOV). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
Restaurant1SAND'GIOVINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 283 2023: 294 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 255 (2012) → 294 (2023): 15.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 245 (1990) → 294 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 175, of which 11.4 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPharmacy — 6.1 km N (Estang)GP — 6.3 km SW (Le Houga)Bakery — 6.4 km SW (Le Houga)Food shop — 6.4 km N (Estang)
In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 6.1 km NGP — 6.3 km SWBakery — 6.4 km SWFood shop — 6.4 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 (Le Houga): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Estang): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Le Houga): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Estang): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Laujuzan): 0.2 km to the north-west (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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SALLES-D'ARMAGN weather station, 6.3 km away at 133 m; the village itself is at 120 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at LE HOUGA, 8.4 km away at 141 m, over 18 summers. [11]

An average of 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PERCHEDE, 4 km away at 127 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 — 32202/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32202/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32202/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32202/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32155
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32127
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32202
  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
Sainte-Colombe-près-Vernon27598 km N31230.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %
Serrières71469 km NE30026.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Avesnes-en-Bray76644 km N28027.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 61 %
Émeringes69462 km NE27531.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Colombier24120 km NE28531.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 %
Hurbache88742 km NE28527.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Colombier24120 km NE28531.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 %
Émeringes69462 km NE27531.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Serrières71469 km NE30026.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Sainte-Colombe-près-Vernon27598 km N31230.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %
Avesnes-en-Bray76644 km N28027.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 61 %
Hurbache88742 km NE28527.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Laujuzan'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
Parbayse6464 km SW31631.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Jû-Belloc3227 km S28619.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gotein-Libarrenx6493 km SW47926.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Brouilh-Monbert3244 km E23519.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Laroque3396 km N28520.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cazaux-Savès3293 km E32624.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %