Aragnouet

Identity

Aragnouet (INSEE 65017) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Aure Louron. Population 289 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/65017-aragnouet

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 17,765 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SHERPA). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (L'ENGALY · L'EDELWEISS · LA TABLE A TONTON · BRIOCHERIE LE SCHUSS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA CUEVA DEL DIABLO · MON BISTROT PREFERE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MACHA DUCOMBS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE PIAU ENGALY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (LA FABIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (RELAIS DU PIAU ENGALY · HOTEL DES 4 OURS). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING FOUGA LE PIC DE BERN · CAMPING MUNICIPAL PONT DE MOUDANG). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 240 (2012) → 289 (2023): 20.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 336 (1990) → 289 (2023): -14 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,050, of which 87.7 % second homes and 0.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Lary-Soulan): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aragnouet): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aragnouet): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 14 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Aragnouet): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 115 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the EGET weather station, 2.8 km away at 1,012 m; the village itself is at 1,131 m. ^[11]

The village sits 119 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BAZUS-AURE, 12.4 km away at 767 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 364 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 1,205 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at EGET, 2.8 km away at 1,012 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65017/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65017/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65017/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65017/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65388
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65017
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65059
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024