Benqué-Molère

Identity

Benqué-Molère (INSEE 65081) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC du Plateau de Lannemezan. Population 140 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Molère (65312). ^[3]

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/65081-benque-molere

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 13,571 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant. ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (E.P.PR ECOLE CREATIVE CREATIVE). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 123 (2012) → 140 (2023): 13.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 73 (1990) → 140 (2023): 91.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 92, of which 33.7 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sarlabous): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Mauvezin): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Capvern): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Capvern): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Benqué-Molère): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LOMNE_SAPC weather station, 5.9 km away at 447 m; the village itself is at 441 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at CAMPISTROUS, 7.7 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 152 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,226 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LOMNE_SAPC, 5.9 km away at 447 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 190,000 € — 1,721 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Hautes-Pyrénées is 1,521 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[14]

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 — 65081/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65081/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65081/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65081/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65405
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65306
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65127
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65081
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025