Serres-Gaston

Landes · CC Chalosse Tursan · INSEE 40298

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

Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Serres-Gaston (INSEE 40298) is in Landes (40), part of CC Chalosse Tursan. Population 405 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 18,030 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.73	10	7.35
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	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	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

1968: 319 2023: 405 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 370 (2012) → 405 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 328 (1990) → 405 (2023): 23.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 210, of which 12.4 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.0 km SEBakery — 3.1 km SEFood shop — 3.5 km SEGP — 3.5 km SEPharmacy — 3.6 km SE 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 (Samadet): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Samadet): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Samadet): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Samadet): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Serres-Gaston): 1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 23.9

Muggy days a summer 13.5▸

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the URGONS weather station, 7 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at URGONS, 7 km away at 146 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,045 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAMADET, 3 km away at 134 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 — 40298/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40298/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40298/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40298/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40298
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
La Chapelle-Montmartin	41	439 km NE	407	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 7 %
Les Préaux	27	635 km N	396	17.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 7 %
Oussoy-en-Gâtinais	45	532 km NE	425	21	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 7 %
Courgent	78	606 km N	414	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 65 % · humidity 14 %
Jeu-les-Bois	36	381 km NE	404	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 14 %
Villard-Saint-Christophe	38	524 km E	397	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jeu-les-Bois	36	381 km NE	404	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 14 %
La Chapelle-Montmartin	41	439 km NE	407	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 7 %
Villard-Saint-Christophe	38	524 km E	397	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Oussoy-en-Gâtinais	45	532 km NE	425	21	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 7 %
Courgent	78	606 km N	414	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 65 % · humidity 14 %
Les Préaux	27	635 km N	396	17.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Serres-Gaston'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
Arraute-Charritte	64	56 km SW	440	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Esteben	64	66 km SW	442	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Gaas	40	42 km W	470	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cricq-du-Gave	40	42 km W	445	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Préchacq-Josbaig	64	47 km S	299	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Armendarits	64	66 km SW	398	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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