Viella

Gers · CC Armagnac Adour · INSEE 32463

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

Partly served 47.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Viella (INSEE 32463) is in Gers (32), part of CC Armagnac Adour. Population 530 (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 47.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 17,639 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.41	10	4.14
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 of 2

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (K.M.F). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DU VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIELLA RPC RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VIELLA MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	K.M.F	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE BISTROT DU VILLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	VIELLA RPC RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VIELLA MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2		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	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

1968: 674 2023: 530 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 534 (2012) → 530 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 580 (1990) → 530 (2023): -8.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 14.9 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 8.1 km NEPharmacy — 8.3 km NE 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 (Viella): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viella): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Riscle): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Riscle): 8.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Viella): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 29

Muggy days a summer 7.7

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAUMUSSON weather station, 3.8 km away at 164 m; the village itself is at 240 m. ^[10]

The village sits 76 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE HOUGA, 16.8 km away at 141 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 99 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,005 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAUMUSSON, 3.8 km away at 164 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32463/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32463/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32463/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32463/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32463
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32344
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
Castelsagrat	82	109 km NE	547	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Laz	29	580 km NW	685	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Vesdun	18	385 km NE	540	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Verteuil-d'Agenais	47	106 km NE	539	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Montpezat	47	99 km NE	566	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Talizat	15	305 km NE	592	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montpezat	47	99 km NE	566	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Verteuil-d'Agenais	47	106 km NE	539	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Castelsagrat	82	109 km NE	547	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Talizat	15	305 km NE	592	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Vesdun	18	385 km NE	540	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Laz	29	580 km NW	685	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · 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 Viella'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
Montpezat	47	99 km NE	566	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-Barbarens	32	70 km E	596	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Miradoux	32	85 km NE	530	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ruch	33	131 km N	539	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Boisredon	17	194 km N	711	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Lanne-en-Barétous	64	74 km SW	481	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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