Argelès-Bagnères
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Argelès-Bagnères (INSEE 65024) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC de la Haute-Bigorre. Population 103 (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 9.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 18 % of the 10,844 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.43 | 10 | 4.28 |
| Housing mix | 0.69 | 5 | 3.45 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 118 (2012) → 103 (2023): -12.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 111 (1990) → 103 (2023): -7.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 71, of which 15.5 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cieutat): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Mérilheu): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BAGNERES SERRES weather station, 3.9 km away at 548 m; the village itself is at 476 m. [11]
The village sits 72 m below 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 5 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CAMPISTROUS, 14.2 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 117 m above 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 1,354 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BAGNERES SERRES, 3.9 km away at 548 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 — 65024/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65024/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65024/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65024/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65147
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65059
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65310
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gendreville | 88 | 715 km NE | 103 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 % |
| Cubry | 25 | 690 km NE | 104 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 36 % |
| Repaix | 54 | 800 km NE | 105 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 % |
| Sajas | 31 | 74 km NE | 104 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Theuley | 70 | 667 km NE | 105 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 35 % |
| Gaudonville | 32 | 103 km NE | 101 | 8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sajas | 31 | 74 km NE | 104 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gaudonville | 32 | 103 km NE | 101 | 8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 % |
| Theuley | 70 | 667 km NE | 105 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 35 % |
| Cubry | 25 | 690 km NE | 104 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 36 % |
| Gendreville | 88 | 715 km NE | 103 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 % |
| Repaix | 54 | 800 km NE | 105 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · 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 Argelès-Bagnères'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juvancourt | 10 | 663 km NE | 102 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Arrayou-Lahitte | 65 | 13 km W | 99 | 12 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Uzer | 65 | 1.3 km S | 103 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Luché-sur-Brioux | 79 | 339 km N | 119 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Leychert | 09 | 126 km E | 114 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bourréac | 65 | 16 km W | 117 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
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