Marsan

Gers · CC des Coteaux Arrats Gimone · INSEE 32237

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

Partly served 41.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marsan (INSEE 32237) is in Gers (32), part of CC des Coteaux Arrats Gimone. Population 461 (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/32237-marsan

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,925 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.6	10	5.98
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (GASTRONOMIE TERROIR GASCON - TABLE GASCONNE · LE MILLE PATTES · LE MILLE PATTES DU 124). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MARSAN RPC RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (ARAMIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	GASTRONOMIE TERROIR GASCON - TABLE GASCONNE · LE MILLE PATTES · LE MILLE PATTES DU 124	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MARSAN RPC RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE DE MARSAN	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	ARAMIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 301 peak 2017: 471 2023: 461 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 454 (2012) → 461 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 420 (1990) → 461 (2023): 9.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 217, of which 2.3 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.1 km EGP — 5.2 km EPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Aubiet): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marsan): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aubiet): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aubiet): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Marsan): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 50

Muggy days a summer 4.8

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AUCH weather station, 10.3 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 215 m. ^[10]

The village sits 93 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, 10.3 km away at 122 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 93 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 680 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AUCH, 10.3 km away at 122 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 — 32237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32012
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32237
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
Rouffiac-d'Aude	11	140 km SE	514	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Grand'Rivière	972	6,624 km W	487	34.1	Few services	no figures
La Chapelle-au-Riboul	53	526 km N	505	37	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Aubin-du-Plain	79	375 km N	565	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Nonards	19	175 km NE	482	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Igornay	71	473 km NE	515	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rouffiac-d'Aude	11	140 km SE	514	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Nonards	19	175 km NE	482	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-du-Plain	79	375 km N	565	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Igornay	71	473 km NE	515	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %
La Chapelle-au-Riboul	53	526 km N	505	37	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Grand'Rivière	972	6,624 km W	487	34.1	Few services	no figures

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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 Marsan'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
Sanxay	86	321 km N	548	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Puycasquier	32	10 km N	420	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Nérigean	33	154 km NW	839	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-du-Bois	33	128 km NW	440	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Bridoré	37	376 km N	491	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac	33	163 km NW	509	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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