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Aventignan

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Neste Barousse · INSEE 65051

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

Few services 26.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aventignan (INSEE 65051) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Neste Barousse. Population 204 (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/65051-aventignan

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 16,069 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.48104.81
Housing mix0.7153.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PALEO). [3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE PALEOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 272 2023: 204 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 192 (2012) → 204 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 208 (1990) → 204 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 146, of which 14.4 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.7 km E (Tibiran-Jaunac)Bakery — 3.0 km NW (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste)Pharmacy — 3.0 km NW (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste)GP — 3.1 km NW (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.7 km EBakery — 3.0 km NWPharmacy — 3.0 km NWGP — 3.1 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 (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Tibiran-Jaunac): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Aventignan): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the NESTIER weather station, 3.2 km away at 504 m; the village itself is at 454 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CAMPISTROUS, 14.1 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 139 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 1,064 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at NESTIER, 3.2 km away at 504 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 137,975 € — 1,282 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Hautes-Pyrénées is 1,521 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65051/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65051/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65051/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65051/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65389
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65444
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65051
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ainay-le-Vieil18431 km N18927.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Avot21616 km NE18633Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Francs33213 km N17627.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Embry62833 km N24126.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Auriac-sur-Dropt47177 km N17529.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Veuvey-sur-Ouche21564 km NE20434.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Auriac-sur-Dropt47177 km N17529.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Francs33213 km N17627.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ainay-le-Vieil18431 km N18927.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Veuvey-sur-Ouche21564 km NE20434.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Avot21616 km NE18633Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Embry62833 km N24126.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · 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 Aventignan'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ennordres18507 km N20416.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Briel-sur-Barse10645 km NE19528.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Marcilly-sur-Maulne37499 km N22211No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Lasserre0953 km E25224.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Taurignan-Vieux0949 km E20417.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clair86426 km N20916.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %