Barbazan-Debat

Hautes-Pyrénées · CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées · INSEE 65062

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

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Barbazan-Debat (INSEE 65062) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 3,478 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % of the 6,306 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.11	20	2.21
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.48	10	4.84
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ETCHE EUSKAL · BOULANGERIE DU VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (LA PIZZERIA DE BARBAZAN). ^[3,4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (EC MATERNELLE PUB GPE JACQUES PREVERT · EC MATERNELLE PUB GPE MARCEL PAGNOL). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL VERLAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ARTHUR RIMBAUD). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (STEPHANIE GIRAUD, MÉDECIN · BARBARA TAUZIN, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENCE ROBERT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE PAULO COELHO). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ENSEMBLE SPORTIF PIERRE BORY). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SYLVIE D.). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	ETCHE EUSKAL · BOULANGERIE DU VILLAGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SUPER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	LA PIZZERIA DE BARBAZAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	EC MATERNELLE PUB GPE JACQUES PREVERT · EC MATERNELLE PUB GPE MARCEL PAGNOL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL VERLAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ARTHUR RIMBAUD	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	STEPHANIE GIRAUD, MÉDECIN · BARBARA TAUZIN, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENCE ROBERT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BARBAZAN	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE PAULO COELHO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ENSEMBLE SPORTIF PIERRE BORY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SYLVIE D.	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 744 peak 1990: 3,536 2023: 3,478 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,446 (2012) → 3,478 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,536 (1990) → 3,478 (2023): -1.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,639, of which 2 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.7 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 (Barbazan-Debat): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Barbazan-Debat): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Tarbes): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Barbazan-Debat): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 38.1

Muggy days a summer 6.5

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES weather station, 9.6 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 354 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 9.6 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,064 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 9.6 km away at 360 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65062/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65062/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65062/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65062/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65440
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
Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon	91	618 km N	3,882	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Millery	69	459 km NE	4,299	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Haisnes	62	838 km N	4,396	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
La Buisse	38	498 km NE	3,500	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Vertaizon	63	381 km NE	3,527	46.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Châtenois-les-Forges	90	715 km NE	2,608	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vertaizon	63	381 km NE	3,527	46.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Millery	69	459 km NE	4,299	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
La Buisse	38	498 km NE	3,500	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon	91	618 km N	3,882	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Châtenois-les-Forges	90	715 km NE	2,608	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Haisnes	62	838 km N	4,396	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %

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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 Barbazan-Debat'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
Odos	65	4.9 km W	3,265	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Soues	65	1.8 km NW	2,988	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Tertre	95	679 km N	2,689	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Champagne-sur-Oise	95	680 km N	5,036	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Presles	95	679 km N	4,017	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Dommartin	69	468 km NE	2,687	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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