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Lauraët

Gers · CC de la Tenarèze · INSEE 32203

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lauraët (INSEE 32203) is in Gers (32), part of CC de la Tenarèze. Population 245 (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/32203-lauraet

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,145 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.64106.4
Housing mix0.6153.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 300 2023: 245 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 247 (2012) → 245 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 215 (1990) → 245 (2023): 14 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 143, of which 19.6 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.9 km S (Lauraët)Pharmacy — 4.1 km NW (Montréal)Food shop — 4.2 km NW (Montréal)GP — 4.2 km NW (Montréal)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.9 km SPharmacy — 4.1 km NWFood shop — 4.2 km NWGP — 4.2 km NW 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 (Lauraët): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montréal): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Montréal): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Montréal): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Lauraët): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 34 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 MONTREAL weather station, 7.1 km away at 156 m; the village itself is at 172 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at MONTREAL, 7.1 km away at 156 m, over 14 summers. [10]

An average of 687 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MONTREAL, 7.1 km away at 156 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 — 32203/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32203/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32203/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32203/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32203
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32290
  10. 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
Saint-Rémy-de-Blot63318 km NE25129.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 1 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Michel8257 km E26127.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Monplaisant24112 km NE26525.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Lalandusse4783 km N21927.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Ostabat-Asme64130 km SW22623.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Camarade09126 km SE21127Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 47 % · humidity 36 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Michel8257 km E26127.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Lalandusse4783 km N21927.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Monplaisant24112 km NE26525.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Camarade09126 km SE21127Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 47 % · humidity 36 %
Ostabat-Asme64130 km SW22623.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rémy-de-Blot63318 km NE25129.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 1 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Lauraët'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
Maupas3232 km W19822.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby64116 km SW24017No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Poudenx4078 km SW21919.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Galiax3240 km SW18617.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Avéron-Bergelle3225 km SW18610.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Termes-d'Armagnac3236 km SW20720.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %