Samaran
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 6.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Samaran (INSEE 32409) is in Gers (32), part of CC Val de Gers. Population 74 (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 6.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 8 % of the 7,836 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.28 | 10 | 2.79 |
| Housing mix | 0.49 | 5 | 2.45 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
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
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 84 (2012) → 74 (2023): -11.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 95 (1990) → 74 (2023): -22.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 51, of which 25.5 % second homes and 2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Viozan): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Masseube): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Masseube): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Masseube): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Panassac): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MASSEUBE weather station, 6.7 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 319 m. [11]
The village sits 102 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MASSEUBE, 6.7 km away at 217 m, over 10 summers. [11]
That station sits 102 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MASSEUBE, 6.7 km away at 217 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 — 32409/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32409/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32409/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32409/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32466
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32242
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32304
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginai | 61 | 596 km N | 74 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Béru | 89 | 556 km NE | 75 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-de-Chirac | 48 | 254 km NE | 72 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 34 % · humidity 57 % |
| Castillon | 65 | 42 km SW | 73 | 5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Denezières | 39 | 549 km NE | 73 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 % |
| Thou | 18 | 479 km N | 77 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castillon | 65 | 42 km SW | 73 | 5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-de-Chirac | 48 | 254 km NE | 72 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 34 % · humidity 57 % |
| Thou | 18 | 479 km N | 77 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Denezières | 39 | 549 km NE | 73 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 % |
| Béru | 89 | 556 km NE | 75 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 % |
| Ginai | 61 | 596 km N | 74 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Samaran'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castillon | 65 | 42 km SW | 73 | 5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gazave | 65 | 40 km S | 72 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Peyret-Saint-André | 65 | 8.1 km S | 69 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Payssous | 31 | 43 km S | 80 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gourgue | 65 | 35 km SW | 58 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Louvière-Lauragais | 11 | 101 km E | 80 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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