Ancizan

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Aure Louron · INSEE 65006

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

Partly served 47.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ancizan (INSEE 65006) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Aure Louron. Population 294 (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/65006-ancizan

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 17,792 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.76	10	7.62
Housing mix	0.12	5	0.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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) (HISTOIRE DE GATEAUX). ^[3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX PETITS OIGNONS). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CIDRERIE D'ANCIZAN · PIZZ'ARTIST). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (AU LOGIS DE L'ARBIZON). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	HISTOIRE DE GATEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AUX PETITS OIGNONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	CIDRERIE D'ANCIZAN · PIZZ'ARTIST	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANCIZAN	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	ANCIZAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	AU LOGIS DE L'ARBIZON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 271 peak 2007: 325 2023: 294 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 283 (2012) → 294 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 233 (1990) → 294 (2023): 26.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 308, of which 44.2 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.9 km NEPharmacy — 10.9 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 (Ancizan): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ancizan): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arreau): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sarrancolin): 10.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ancizan): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.1

Days at or below 0 °C 99.1▸

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BAZUS-AURE weather station, 1.9 km away at 767 m; the village itself is at 781 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BAZUS-AURE, 1.9 km away at 767 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 840 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAZUS-AURE, 1.9 km away at 767 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 — 65006/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65006/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65006/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65006/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65408
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
Tavera	2A	717 km E	453	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Fontenoy	89	580 km NE	305	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont	73	523 km NE	383	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Vinon	18	528 km N	302	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Pallières	83	456 km E	284	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Caussols	06	540 km E	332	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-de-Pallières	83	456 km E	284	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont	73	523 km NE	383	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Vinon	18	528 km N	302	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Caussols	06	540 km E	332	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Fontenoy	89	580 km NE	305	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Tavera	2A	717 km E	453	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 0 % · 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 Ancizan'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
Chalencon	07	406 km NE	328	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Charchilla	39	583 km NE	302	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chénelette	69	492 km NE	369	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-du-Navoy	39	606 km NE	275	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Guchen	65	1.2 km S	301	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy	69	482 km NE	307	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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