Saint-Arailles

Identity

Saint-Arailles (INSEE 32360) is in Gers (32), part of CC Artagnan de Fezensac. Population 134 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/32360-saint-arailles

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 13,199 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE SAINT-ARAILLES). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 149 (2012) → 134 (2023): -10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 133 (1990) → 134 (2023): 0.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 89, of which 16.9 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (L'Isle-de-Noé): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montesquiou): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montesquiou): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montesquiou): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Riguepeu): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PEYRUSSE-GRANDE weather station, 10.9 km away at 254 m; the village itself is at 172 m. ^[11]

The village sits 82 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 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PEYRUSSE-GRANDE, 10.9 km away at 254 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 82 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 748 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BIRAN, 9.1 km away at 114 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

13 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 128,500 € — 1,000 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Gers is 1,285 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 — 32360/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32360/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32360/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32360/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32159
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32285
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32343
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025