Mouchan

Gers · CC de la Tenarèze · INSEE 32292

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

Few services 33.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mouchan (INSEE 32292) is in Gers (32), part of CC de la Tenarèze. Population 376 (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/32292-mouchan

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 18,022 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.53	10	5.33
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.38

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 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE FLO S BAR). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES CREPES GOURMANDES). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	1	LE FLO S BAR	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	1	LES CREPES GOURMANDES	INSEE BPE 1 / 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 ELEMENTAIRE 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	MOUCHAN AP	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]
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: 440 peak 2012: 447 2023: 376 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 447 (2012) → 376 (2023): -15.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 364 (1990) → 376 (2023): 3.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 16.2 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km NEBakery — 3.2 km WGP — 5.4 km SWPharmacy — 7.1 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 (Lauraët): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mouchan): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gondrin): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Valence-sur-Baïse): 7.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Mouchan): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.8

Muggy days a summer 15.7▸

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. ^[12]

Measured at the COURRENSAN weather station, 6.6 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 89 m. ^[12]

The village sits 64 m below 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at COURRENSAN, 6.6 km away at 153 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COURRENSAN, 6.6 km away at 153 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32292/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32292/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32292/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32292/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32203
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32292
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32149
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32459
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
Nitry	89	503 km NE	372	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Tournemire	12	218 km E	413	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Mornay-sur-Allier	18	388 km NE	413	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 54 %
Passenans	39	526 km NE	335	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 41 % · humidity 7 %
Cussy-les-Forges	89	491 km NE	322	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Les Sièges	89	537 km NE	439	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tournemire	12	218 km E	413	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Mornay-sur-Allier	18	388 km NE	413	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 54 %
Cussy-les-Forges	89	491 km NE	322	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Nitry	89	503 km NE	372	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Passenans	39	526 km NE	335	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 41 % · humidity 7 %
Les Sièges	89	537 km NE	439	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Mouchan'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
Bahus-Soubiran	40	58 km SW	394	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Espès-Undurein	64	118 km SW	506	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-d'Arrossa	64	149 km SW	543	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Clermont	40	101 km W	736	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pomps	64	82 km SW	295	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Courrensan	32	7.4 km SW	391	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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