Saint-Sauvy

Identity

Saint-Sauvy (INSEE 32406) is in Gers (32), part of CC des Coteaux Arrats Gimone. Population 355 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/32406-saint-sauvy

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 18,079 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

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

1 × Restaurant (RETROUVEZ VOTRE AME D'ENFANT). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 359 (2012) → 355 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 319 (1990) → 355 (2023): 11.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 193, of which 4.1 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mauvezin): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mansempuy): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mauvezin): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Primary school (Saint-Sauvy): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the STE-ANNE weather station, 13 km away at 132 m; the village itself is at 159 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LAHAS, 17.1 km away at 251 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 92 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 665 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MAUVEZIN, 6.3 km away at 170 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

24 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 159,545 € — 1,056 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Gers is 1,285 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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 — 32406/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32406/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32406/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32406/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32249
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32229
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32012
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32406
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025