Puycasquier

Identity

Puycasquier (INSEE 32335) is in Gers (32), part of CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne. Population 420 (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/32335-puycasquier

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,991 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE JULIEN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LISE RONDIC). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 470 (2012) → 420 (2023): -10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 436 (1990) → 420 (2023): -3.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 258, of which 7.8 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mauvezin): 10.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Puycasquier): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Puycasquier): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Preignan): 10.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUCH weather station, 13.4 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 258 m. ^[11]

The village sits 136 m above 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 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AUCH, 13.4 km away at 122 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 136 m below 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 665 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAUVEZIN, 11.1 km away at 170 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

39 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 174,000 € — 1,187 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Gers is 1,285 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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 — 32335/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32335/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32335/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32335/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32249
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32335
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32331
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025