Arreau

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Aure Louron · INSEE 65031

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

Served 68/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arreau (INSEE 65031) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Aure Louron. Population 725 (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/65031-arreau

Vitality score

Vitality score 68/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 99 % of the 16,267 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	0.83	25	20.65
Social	0.81	20	16.14
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.81	10	8.07
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.35	10	3.5
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PIRENEUS · GALERIES AUROISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE GILBERT FOURQUET). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CAMPASSENS · LA BOUTIQUE D'R.NESTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LMG · RESTAURANT BAR BRASSERIE L'AUGUSTIN · PIZZERIA LE FLORIDA · SAS L'ENTRE DEUX NESTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LONDRES). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MARECHAL FOCH). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HELENE HAYET, MÉDECIN · HELENE JOUINOT, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE GUIRAUD, MÉDECIN · ELSA SCHROEDER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES LYS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ET TERRAINS DE SPORT). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES · BANQUE POPULAIRE OCCITANE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PYRENEES GASCOGNE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL D'ANGLETERRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL EXPL CAMPING · CAMPING INTERNATIONAL LE REFUGE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	PIRENEUS · GALERIES AUROISES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE GILBERT FOURQUET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	CAMPASSENS · LA BOUTIQUE D'R.NESTE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	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	4	LMG · RESTAURANT BAR BRASSERIE L'AUGUSTIN · PIZZERIA LE FLORIDA · SAS L'ENTRE DEUX NESTES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LONDRES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ARREAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MARECHAL FOCH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	HELENE HAYET, MÉDECIN · HELENE JOUINOT, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE GUIRAUD, MÉDECIN · ELSA SCHROEDER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES LYS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE ET TERRAINS DE SPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES · BANQUE POPULAIRE OCCITANE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PYRENEES GASCOGNE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL D'ANGLETERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL EXPL CAMPING · CAMPING INTERNATIONAL LE REFUGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 936 2023: 725 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 813 (2012) → 725 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 853 (1990) → 725 (2023): -15 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,119, of which 57.4 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.1 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 (Arreau): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arreau): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arreau): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sarrancolin): 7.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arreau): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 108.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 109 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ARREAU BORDERES weather station, 0.8 km away at 720 m; the village itself is at 701 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BAZUS-AURE, 5.3 km away at 767 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 66 m above 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 941 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ARREAU BORDERES, 0.8 km away at 720 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65031/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65031/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65031/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65031/logement/2023
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
Saint-Anthème	63	407 km NE	716	67	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Le Malzieu-Ville	48	322 km NE	745	66.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Massat	09	81 km E	749	70.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Levie	2A	733 km E	674	70.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Villefort	48	334 km NE	618	68.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 %
Gorges du Tarn Causses	48	294 km NE	881	75	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Massat	09	81 km E	749	70.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Gorges du Tarn Causses	48	294 km NE	881	75	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Le Malzieu-Ville	48	322 km NE	745	66.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Villefort	48	334 km NE	618	68.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Anthème	63	407 km NE	716	67	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Levie	2A	733 km E	674	70.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Arreau'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
La Chapelle-en-Vercors	26	465 km NE	797	70.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Corps	38	496 km NE	421	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Verchaix	74	614 km NE	830	60.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Allègre	43	370 km NE	922	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ruynes-en-Margeride	15	327 km NE	719	68.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Allemond	38	517 km NE	971	67.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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