Pessan

Identity

Pessan (INSEE 32312) is in Gers (32), part of CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne. Population 648 (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/32312-pessan

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 16,747 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CARPE DIEM · VALDINA PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 692 (2012) → 648 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 660 (1990) → 648 (2023): -1.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 4.3 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Castelnau-Barbarens): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Auch): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pavie): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Auch): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pessan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

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, 8.6 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 167 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at AUCH, 8.6 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, 8.6 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

36 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 225,025 € — 1,412 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Gers is 1,285 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32312/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32312/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32312/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32312/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32076
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32013
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32307
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32312
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025