Polastron

Gers · CC du Saves · INSEE 32321

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

Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Polastron (INSEE 32321) is in Gers (32), part of CC du Saves. Population 263 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,415 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.88	10	8.77
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAS JEROME F). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LA BALADE DES CISEAUX). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	1	SAS JEROME F	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LA BALADE DES CISEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 231 peak 2017: 272 2023: 263 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 264 (2012) → 263 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 191 (1990) → 263 (2023): 37.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 124, of which 0.8 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.0 km NEFood shop — 3.3 km NWBakery — 6.4 km WPharmacy — 6.6 km W 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 (Saramon): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Polastron): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bézéril): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saramon): 6.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Polastron): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.5

Days at or below 0 °C 18.8▸

Muggy days a summer 8.3

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAHAS weather station, 4 km away at 251 m; the village itself is at 201 m. ^[11]

The village sits 50 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LAHAS, 4 km away at 251 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 50 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 634 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAHAS, 4 km away at 251 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 — 32321/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32321/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32321/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32321/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32412
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32051
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
Soupir	02	686 km N	272	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
Hirschland	67	762 km NE	303	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 %
Poursay-Garnaud	17	288 km N	309	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Raville	57	755 km NE	330	31	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 22 %
Fromont	77	541 km N	230	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Humbercamps	62	751 km N	219	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Poursay-Garnaud	17	288 km N	309	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Fromont	77	541 km N	230	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Soupir	02	686 km N	272	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
Humbercamps	62	751 km N	219	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Raville	57	755 km NE	330	31	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 22 %
Hirschland	67	762 km NE	303	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Polastron'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
Bagas	33	141 km NW	283	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Madirac	33	169 km NW	307	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Lusignan-Petit	47	86 km N	353	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Brugnens	32	36 km N	254	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Escoussans	33	156 km NW	273	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Frégouville	32	11 km NE	369	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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