Saint-Médard

Gers · CC Astarac Arros en Gascogne · INSEE 32394

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

Few services 32.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Médard (INSEE 32394) is in Gers (32), part of CC Astarac Arros en Gascogne. Population 343 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 18,011 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.74	10	7.38
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

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 1 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 (LA VIEILLE ETABLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MEDARD AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-MÉDARD). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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)	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	LA VIEILLE ETABLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	SAINT MEDARD AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-MÉDARD	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Friday. ^[5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 282 peak 2007: 344 2023: 343 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 321 (2012) → 343 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 277 (1990) → 343 (2023): 23.8 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 179, of which 4.5 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km NBakery — 4.2 km NWGP — 5.3 km NWPharmacy — 5.3 km NW 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): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Idrac-Respaillès): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

GP (Mirande): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mirande): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Médard): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.5

Days at or below 0 °C 37.9

Muggy days a summer 9.2

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MIRANDE weather station, 6.6 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 179 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MASSEUBE, 10.6 km away at 217 m, over 10 summers. ^[13]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MIRANDE, 6.6 km away at 184 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5,6]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32394/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/28d18bbc-c73d-398d-80d5-bf9f53a7e86e— “Marché de producteurs du mercredi soir à Saint-Médard.”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/a31e2ab0-db15-3685-9ac6-2b273307db33— “Marché de producteurs du vendredi soir à Saint-Médard.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32394/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32394/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32394/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32256
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32394
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
Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine	23	287 km N	330	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre	03	416 km NE	371	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 43 %
Lannédern	29	632 km NW	321	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 %
Poilley	35	569 km N	394	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 %
Deux-Chaises	03	380 km NE	377	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 %
Solférino	40	133 km NW	374	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Solférino	40	133 km NW	374	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine	23	287 km N	330	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Deux-Chaises	03	380 km NE	377	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre	03	416 km NE	371	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 43 %
Poilley	35	569 km N	394	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 %
Lannédern	29	632 km NW	321	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 %

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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-Médard'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
Solférino	40	133 km NW	374	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Miramont-d'Astarac	32	6.3 km N	357	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Terraube	32	47 km N	352	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Montégut-Plantaurel	09	95 km SE	311	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel	32	7.8 km SW	252	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Labéjan	32	6.2 km NE	290	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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