Marsolan

Gers · CC de la Lomagne Gersoise · INSEE 32239

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

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marsolan (INSEE 32239) is in Gers (32), part of CC de la Lomagne Gersoise. Population 438 (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/32239-marsolan

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 17,909 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.41
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.28

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 1 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]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	MARSOLAN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 481 2023: 438 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 458 (2012) → 438 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 384 (1990) → 438 (2023): 14.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 261, of which 17.2 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.5 km NWFood shop — 5.5 km NWGP — 5.5 km NWPharmacy — 6.6 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 (La Romieu): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Romieu): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Romieu): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lectoure): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Marsolan): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.9

Days at or below 0 °C 29.3

Muggy days a summer 11.1▸

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 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CAUSSENS weather station, 7.4 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CAUSSENS, 7.4 km away at 184 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

An average of 656 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CAUSSENS, 7.4 km away at 184 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32239/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32239/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32239/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32239/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32345
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32239
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
Morogues	18	400 km NE	424	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Estivaux	19	170 km NE	403	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 14 % · humidity 29 %
Épineuil-le-Fleuriel	18	332 km NE	436	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 %
Le Châtenet-en-Dognon	87	231 km N	407	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 49 %
Izé	53	481 km N	464	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 62 %
Bazoches-au-Houlme	61	545 km N	449	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 65 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Estivaux	19	170 km NE	403	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 14 % · humidity 29 %
Le Châtenet-en-Dognon	87	231 km N	407	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 49 %
Épineuil-le-Fleuriel	18	332 km NE	436	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 %
Morogues	18	400 km NE	424	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Izé	53	481 km N	464	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 62 %
Bazoches-au-Houlme	61	545 km N	449	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 65 %

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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 Marsolan'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
Panjas	32	52 km W	431	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon	07	336 km E	422	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Beyrie-sur-Joyeuse	64	148 km SW	561	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Dizant-du-Gua	17	193 km NW	499	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Sauvetat	32	10 km S	403	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Tournecoupe	32	24 km E	262	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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