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Saint-Maur

Gers · CC Coeur d'Astarac en Gascogne · INSEE 32393

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 14.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Maur (INSEE 32393) is in Gers (32), part of CC Coeur d'Astarac en Gascogne. Population 135 (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/32393-saint-maur

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 13,248 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.81108.11
Housing mix0.9154.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

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

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, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 132 peak 2017: 142 2023: 135 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 133 (2012) → 135 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 103 (1990) → 135 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 68, of which 4.4 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 1.6 km SE (Ponsampère)Bakery — 5.2 km NE (Mirande)Primary school — 5.2 km E (Berdoues)Pharmacy — 6.1 km SW (Miélan)GP — 6.3 km SW (Miélan)
Food shop — 1.6 km SEBakery — 5.2 km NEPrimary school — 5.2 km EPharmacy — 6.1 km SWGP — 6.3 km SW 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 (Mirande): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ponsampère): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Miélan): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Miélan): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Berdoues): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the MIRANDE weather station, 7.5 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 263 m. [12]

The village sits 79 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at PEYRUSSE-GRANDE, 18.2 km away at 254 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MIRANDE, 7.5 km away at 184 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32393/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32393/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32393/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32393/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32256
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32323
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32252
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32045
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ladiville16229 km N13511.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chassagne-Saint-Denis25604 km NE13815.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Maisontiers79370 km N1347.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
La Chevillotte25616 km NE13517No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 23 % · humidity 50 %
Louvigny6464 km W13911.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
Val-de-Vière51683 km NE13110.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Louvigny6464 km W13911.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
Ladiville16229 km N13511.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Maisontiers79370 km N1347.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
Chassagne-Saint-Denis25604 km NE13815.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
La Chevillotte25616 km NE13517No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 23 % · humidity 50 %
Val-de-Vière51683 km NE13110.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %

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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-Maur'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ladiville16229 km N13511.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Masseilles33108 km N13610.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Belloc-Saint-Clamens327.8 km E13610No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cuélas3217 km SE12711.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Donzac33139 km N12211.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Haulies3228 km E15217.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %