Saint-Jean-Poutge
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 32.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Jean-Poutge (INSEE 32382) is in Gers (32), part of CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne. Population 310 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 82 % of the 17,943 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 | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.6 | 10 | 5.95 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.14 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MONSIEUR LOUIS BOUVET). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EVELYNE VILLEMUR, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JEAN POUTGE AP). [3]
1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE SAINT-JEAN-POUTGE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy. [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) | 1 | MONSIEUR LOUIS BOUVET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | EVELYNE VILLEMUR, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | SAINT JEAN POUTGE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | POINT LECTURE DE SAINT-JEAN-POUTGE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 319 (2012) → 310 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 283 (1990) → 310 (2023): 9.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 174, of which 8.6 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vic-Fezensac): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Jean-Poutge): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Jean-Poutge): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vic-Fezensac): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Jean-Poutge): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BEAUCAIRE weather station, 13.1 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 114 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PEYRUSSE-GRANDE, 17.4 km away at 254 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 140 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 748 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BIRAN, 2.1 km away at 114 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
31 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 150,000 € — 1,000 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Gers is 1,285 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32382/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32382/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32382/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32382/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32462
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32382
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viplaix | 03 | 342 km NE | 293 | 24.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 % |
| Villedieu-le-Château | 41 | 445 km N | 381 | 24.7 | Few services | no figures |
| Gannay-sur-Loire | 03 | 419 km NE | 384 | 32.8 | Few services | no figures |
| Le Vilhain | 03 | 368 km NE | 266 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 50 % |
| Lougé-sur-Maire | 61 | 555 km N | 312 | 20 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 95 % · humidity 21 % |
| Maurens | 32 | 46 km E | 304 | 27.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurens | 32 | 46 km E | 304 | 27.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 % |
| Viplaix | 03 | 342 km NE | 293 | 24.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 % |
| Le Vilhain | 03 | 368 km NE | 266 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 50 % |
| Gannay-sur-Loire | 03 | 419 km NE | 384 | 32.8 | Few services | no figures |
| Villedieu-le-Château | 41 | 445 km N | 381 | 24.7 | Few services | no figures |
| Lougé-sur-Maire | 61 | 555 km N | 312 | 20 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 95 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Saint-Jean-Poutge'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fargues | 40 | 67 km W | 314 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sarrant | 32 | 45 km E | 358 | 23.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Perquie | 40 | 55 km W | 342 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Soturac | 46 | 99 km NE | 644 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gimbrède | 32 | 45 km NE | 295 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lamothe | 40 | 83 km W | 308 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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