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Lias

Gers · CC de la Gascogne Toulousaine · INSEE 32210

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

Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lias (INSEE 32210) is in Gers (32), part of CC de la Gascogne Toulousaine. Population 794 (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/32210-lias

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 15,691 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
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9754.84

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 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 / 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)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: 157 2023: 794 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 519 (2012) → 794 (2023): 53 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 204 (1990) → 794 (2023): 289.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 311, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.1 km SE (Bonrepos-sur-Aussonnelle)Food shop — 3.0 km SE (Bonrepos-sur-Aussonnelle)Bakery — 3.3 km N (Pujaudran)Pharmacy — 4.9 km E (Fontenilles)
In the commune Primary school GP — 2.1 km SEFood shop — 3.0 km SEBakery — 3.3 km NPharmacy — 4.9 km E 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 (Pujaudran): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bonrepos-sur-Aussonnelle): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Bonrepos-sur-Aussonnelle): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Fontenilles): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Lias): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the ISLE-JOURDAIN weather station, 6.4 km away at 152 m; the village itself is at 276 m. [12]

The village sits 124 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. [12]

An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ISLE-JOURDAIN, 6.4 km away at 152 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32210/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32210/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32210/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32210/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32334
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31075
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31188
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32210
  12. 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
Émanville76674 km N79124.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 74 %
Charly-Oradour57736 km NE81024.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 68 %
Naives-Rosières55661 km NE80917.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 84 %
La Rue-Saint-Pierre76667 km N80025Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue79320 km N80621.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 74 %
Louvetot76669 km N78323.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 91 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue79320 km N80621.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 74 %
Naives-Rosières55661 km NE80917.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 84 %
La Rue-Saint-Pierre76667 km N80025Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 93 %
Louvetot76669 km N78323.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 91 %
Émanville76674 km N79124.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 74 %
Charly-Oradour57736 km NE81024.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 68 %

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