Sainte-Christie

Gers · CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne · INSEE 32368

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Christie (INSEE 32368) is in Gers (32), part of CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne. Population 541 (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 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,550 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.89	10	8.91
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUTENTICA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINTE CHRISTIE AP). ^[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, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	L'AUTENTICA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	SAINTE CHRISTIE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 356 peak 2012: 564 2023: 541 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 564 (2012) → 541 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 389 (1990) → 541 (2023): 39.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 3.7 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.0 km SPharmacy — 4.1 km NFood shop — 4.2 km NBakery — 5.2 km S 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 (Preignan): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montestruc-sur-Gers): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Preignan): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montestruc-sur-Gers): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sainte-Christie): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32.3

Days at or below 0 °C 44.1

Muggy days a summer 6.7

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. ^[11]

Measured at the AUCH weather station, 7.7 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AUCH, 7.7 km away at 122 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 680 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AUCH, 7.7 km away at 122 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 — 32368/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32368/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32368/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32368/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32331
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32368
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
Luché-Thouarsais	79	358 km N	536	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Gougenheim	67	766 km NE	531	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Le Louroux	37	379 km N	533	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Germé	32	63 km W	515	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Souvans	39	527 km NE	520	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Gaye	51	600 km NE	564	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germé	32	63 km W	515	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Luché-Thouarsais	79	358 km N	536	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Le Louroux	37	379 km N	533	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Souvans	39	527 km NE	520	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Gaye	51	600 km NE	564	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %
Gougenheim	67	766 km NE	531	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Sainte-Christie'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
Auterive	32	19 km S	529	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villefranche-du-Queyran	47	71 km NW	415	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Loubens-Lauragais	31	95 km E	454	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fougueyrolles	24	128 km N	462	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Marcillac-Lanville	16	238 km N	521	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges	47	80 km N	492	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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