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Bartrès

Hautes-Pyrénées · CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées · INSEE 65070

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bartrès (INSEE 65070) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 485 (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/65070-bartres

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,863 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
Social0.862017.29
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.89108.9
Housing mix0.8854.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (A L'AUBERGE DES BERGERONNETTES · AU BON ACCUEIL). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE BERGERONNETTES). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
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]
Restaurant2A L'AUBERGE DES BERGERONNETTES · AU BON ACCUEILINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar2INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite1AIRE NATURELLE BERGERONNETTESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 167 peak 2017: 514 2023: 485 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 467 (2012) → 485 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 349 (1990) → 485 (2023): 39 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 237, of which 5.9 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.7 km SE (Lourdes)Food shop — 1.7 km SE (Lourdes)Pharmacy — 1.7 km SE (Lourdes)GP — 1.8 km NE (Adé)Primary school — 2.0 km NE (Adé)
Bakery — 1.7 km SEFood shop — 1.7 km SEPharmacy — 1.7 km SEGP — 1.8 km NEPrimary school — 2.0 km NE 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 (Lourdes): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lourdes): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Adé): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Lourdes): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Adé): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LOURDES weather station, 2.4 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 479 m. [10]

The village sits 69 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 8.1 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 119 m below 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 1,385 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LOURDES, 2.4 km away at 410 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65070/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65070/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65070/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65070/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65286
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65002
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montgesoye25658 km NE49828.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Saturnin-du-Limet53527 km N51525.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 72 %
La Chapelle-Montlinard18509 km NE49130.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Aubigné35588 km N45332.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Grémonville76731 km N44626.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Châtenay38486 km NE43331.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Châtenay38486 km NE43331.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %
La Chapelle-Montlinard18509 km NE49130.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Saturnin-du-Limet53527 km N51525.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 72 %
Aubigné35588 km N45332.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Montgesoye25658 km NE49828.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Grémonville76731 km N44626.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Bartrès'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
Forges77633 km N44335Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Condac16323 km N45629.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Les Ulmes49456 km N54435.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Coulonges-Thouarsais79423 km N44319.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cours79376 km N52122.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Exoudun79358 km N53115.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %