Lavardens

Gers · CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne · INSEE 32204

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

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavardens (INSEE 32204) is in Gers (32), part of CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne. Population 363 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 18,039 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.46	10	4.63
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DU CHATEAU DE LAVARDENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LAVARDENS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE LAVARDENS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LA BARBIERE DE LAVARDENS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	RESTAURANT DU CHATEAU DE LAVARDENS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LAVARDENS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE DE LAVARDENS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LA BARBIERE DE LAVARDENS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 504 2023: 363 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 402 (2012) → 363 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 377 (1990) → 363 (2023): -3.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 235, of which 13.6 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km SWBakery — 2.8 km WPharmacy — 4.1 km WGP — 4.4 km W 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 (Jegun): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jegun): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Jegun): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Jegun): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lavardens): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.4

Days at or below 0 °C 48.3

Muggy days a summer 5.1

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AUCH weather station, 10.7 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[10]

The village sits 71 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AUCH, 10.7 km away at 122 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 71 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LAVARDENS, 0.5 km away at 210 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32204
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Mayeux	22	569 km NW	454	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Léger-Magnazeix	87	287 km N	484	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Épeigné-les-Bois	37	394 km N	401	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Droux	87	271 km N	378	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Aulon	31	68 km S	313	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Molières	46	161 km NE	357	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aulon	31	68 km S	313	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Molières	46	161 km NE	357	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Droux	87	271 km N	378	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Léger-Magnazeix	87	287 km N	484	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Épeigné-les-Bois	37	394 km N	401	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Mayeux	22	569 km NW	454	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Lavardens'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aulon	31	68 km S	313	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Losse	40	63 km NW	286	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pastour	47	81 km N	379	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Laparade	47	70 km N	395	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gout-Rossignol	24	184 km N	360	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cindré	03	373 km NE	276	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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