Bours

Hautes-Pyrénées · CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées · INSEE 65108

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

Few services 31.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bours (INSEE 65108) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 882 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 15,108 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.97	10	9.65
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

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

1 × Restaurant (LA CAHUTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE LEA). ^[3,4]

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. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 CAHUTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LE SALON DE LEA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 371 2023: 882 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 782 (2012) → 882 (2023): 12.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 602 (1990) → 882 (2023): 46.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 416, of which 1.7 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.3 km SEBakery — 1.9 km EPharmacy — 2.4 km NWGP — 4.0 km S 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 (Orleix): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orleix): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Tarbes): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bazet): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bours): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 18▸

Muggy days a summer 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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CASTELVIEILH weather station, 8.4 km away at 355 m; the village itself is at 279 m. ^[12]

The village sits 76 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 11.6 km away at 219 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 60 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CASTELVIEILH, 8.4 km away at 355 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65108/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65108/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65108/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65108/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65340
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65440
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65072
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65108
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
Savas-Mépin	38	466 km NE	883	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 62 %
Saint-Augustin	62	837 km N	880	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Candresse	40	99 km NW	872	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Houdain-lez-Bavay	59	831 km N	902	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 57 %
La Rue-Saint-Pierre	60	702 km N	855	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · humidity 50 %
Villerbon	41	498 km N	849	30.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Candresse	40	99 km NW	872	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Savas-Mépin	38	466 km NE	883	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 62 %
Villerbon	41	498 km N	849	30.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
La Rue-Saint-Pierre	60	702 km N	855	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · humidity 50 %
Houdain-lez-Bavay	59	831 km N	902	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Augustin	62	837 km N	880	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Bours'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
Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult	17	291 km N	924	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac	16	272 km N	832	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Varzay	17	278 km N	845	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Beaugeay	17	301 km N	794	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sarrouilles	65	5.8 km SE	551	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bayon-sur-Gironde	33	205 km N	734	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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