Asté

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC de la Haute-Bigorre · INSEE 65042

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

Few services 21.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Asté (INSEE 65042) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC de la Haute-Bigorre. Population 568 (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/65042-aste

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 17,343 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.75	10	7.46
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.84

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 1 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). ^[3]

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

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

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. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 563 2023: 568 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 537 (2012) → 568 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 456 (1990) → 568 (2023): 24.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 384, of which 21.6 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.5 km NFood shop — 1.5 km NGP — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 2.9 km NW 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 (Gerde): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gerde): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Asté): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.7

Days at or below 0 °C 44.8

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 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BAGNERES SERRES weather station, 3.4 km away at 548 m; the village itself is at 611 m. ^[11]

The village sits 63 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]

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, 3.4 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 — 65042/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65042/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65042/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65042/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65042
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
Concremiers	36	401 km N	590	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 92 %
Mairé-Levescault	79	346 km N	582	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Aubas	24	241 km N	614	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine	77	672 km N	491	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Ingrannes	45	573 km N	532	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Jonquières	34	276 km E	590	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 76 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aubas	24	241 km N	614	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Jonquières	34	276 km E	590	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 76 %
Mairé-Levescault	79	346 km N	582	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Concremiers	36	401 km N	590	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 92 %
Ingrannes	45	573 km N	532	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine	77	672 km N	491	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/65042-aste