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Pavie

Gers · CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne · INSEE 32307

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

Partly served 49.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pavie (INSEE 32307) is in Gers (32), part of CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne. Population 2,566 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/32307-pavie

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 63 % of the 8,086 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 food0.39259.84
Social0.43208.65
Education0.39103.93
Health0.59105.85
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.67106.68
Housing mix0.9754.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CATINOMI). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES JARDINS DE PAVIE). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LA FENIERE · O BEIGNET GOURMAND · ROYAL DE PAVIE · LA TERRAZZA). [3,4]

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

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SARAH JOULIE, MÉDECIN · PAULINE DAIRE, MÉDECIN · MARIE VUILLEQUEZ, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FERRER). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CHARLES SAMARAN). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE STEPHANIE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Café / bar. [4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1CATINOMIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LES JARDINS DE PAVIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket1ALDI MARCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4LA FENIERE · O BEIGNET GOURMAND · ROYAL DE PAVIE · LA TERRAZZAINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN JAURESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3SARAH JOULIE, MÉDECIN · PAULINE DAIRE, MÉDECIN · MARIE VUILLEQUEZ, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE FERRERINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CHARLES SAMARANINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LE SALON DE STEPHANIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Wednesday 8 h à 12 h 30 place des Carmes. [5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 1,005 2023: 2,566 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,414 (2012) → 2,566 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 2,196 (1990) → 2,566 (2023): 16.8 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,332, of which 1.7 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.6 km NW (Pavie)Food shop — 0.7 km SW (Pavie)Pharmacy — 3.1 km N (Auch)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 0.6 km NWFood shop — 0.7 km SWPharmacy — 3.1 km N 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 (Pavie): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Pavie): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

GP (Pavie): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Auch): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Pavie): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the AUCH weather station, 8.8 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 139 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at AUCH, 8.8 km away at 122 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 680 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at AUCH, 8.8 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32307/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.pavie.fr/marche-plein-air-pavie-gers— “Tous les mercredis matin, de 8 h à 12 h 30”
  6. DATAtourisme 2024-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/4b71cfbb-fbd8-3e7d-91ad-f18f04e95da7— “Marché de producteurs mercredi matin - Pavie.”
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32307/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32307/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32307/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32307
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32013
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gergy71498 km NE2,56648.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Anizy-le-Grand02691 km N2,47254.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Eure28538 km N2,79752.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Trémuson22607 km NW2,25950.8Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Saône25589 km NE3,19546.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 57 %
Cozes17247 km NW2,28757.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cozes17247 km NW2,28757.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Gergy71498 km NE2,56648.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Eure28538 km N2,79752.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Saône25589 km NE3,19546.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 57 %
Trémuson22607 km NW2,25950.8Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Anizy-le-Grand02691 km N2,47254.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Pavie'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Caraman3195 km E2,51362.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lanta3186 km E2,28356.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze3167 km SE2,27754.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Martres-Tolosane3157 km SE2,38760ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde33210 km NW3,17535.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Montesquieu-Volvestre3168 km SE3,05044.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %