Simorre

Gers · CC des Coteaux Arrats Gimone · INSEE 32433

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 49.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Simorre (INSEE 32433) is in Gers (32), part of CC des Coteaux Arrats Gimone. Population 688 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/32433-simorre

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 91 % of the 16,444 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	0.71	25	17.74
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	0.47	10	4.72
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA DERNIERE MIETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE SANCHEZ · SARL ALIMENTATION BARTHE ET FILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (MON CAFE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SIMORRE LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (TIF'FOLIES · TETE EN L'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA DERNIERE MIETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	EPICERIE SANCHEZ · SARL ALIMENTATION BARTHE ET FILS	INSEE BPE 2 / 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 4 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	MON CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SIMORRE LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	2	TIF'FOLIES · TETE EN L'HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Friday. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 911 2023: 688 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 706 (2012) → 688 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 708 (1990) → 688 (2023): -2.8 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 461, of which 14.8 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 8.4 km NPharmacy — 8.4 km N 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 (Simorre): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Simorre): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saramon): 8.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Saramon): 8.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Simorre): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.4

Days at or below 0 °C 43.3

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONCORNEIL weather station, 7.4 km away at 244 m; the village itself is at 201 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at MASSEUBE, 13.2 km away at 217 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONCORNEIL, 7.4 km away at 244 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32433/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.simorre.com/— “Marché du Vendredi - Simorre”
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/28cc3629-3948-3c91-9761-05472fca6dfa— “Marché du Vendredi - Simorre.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32433/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32433/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32433/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32433
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32412
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-Jean-le-Vieux	64	159 km W	900	52.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Orbigny	37	420 km N	712	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Vallenay	18	394 km N	687	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Rocquigny	08	744 km N	647	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Gravé	56	530 km NW	763	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Thoard	04	441 km E	744	58.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux	64	159 km W	900	52.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Vallenay	18	394 km N	687	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Orbigny	37	420 km N	712	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Thoard	04	441 km E	744	58.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Gravé	56	530 km NW	763	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Rocquigny	08	744 km N	647	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 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 Simorre'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
Brocas	40	122 km NW	721	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bourdeilles	24	209 km N	785	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Bouresse	86	324 km N	620	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Escource	40	163 km NW	824	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sauveterre-la-Lémance	47	129 km N	563	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Naujan-et-Postiac	33	166 km NW	599	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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