Camalès

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Adour Madiran · INSEE 65121

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

Few services 37.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Camalès (INSEE 65121) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 371 (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 37.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 18,041 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.39	10	3.85
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (IL CAPANNONE DEL MERCATO). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	LES DELICES DE MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	IL CAPANNONE DEL MERCATO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CAMALES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 329 peak 2012: 448 2023: 371 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 448 (2012) → 371 (2023): -17.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 419 (1990) → 371 (2023): -11.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 4.3 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km WGP — 2.3 km NWPharmacy — 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 (Camalès): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Camalès): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vic-en-Bigorre): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vic-en-Bigorre): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Camalès): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.5

Muggy days a summer 9.6

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VIC EN BIGORRE weather station, 2.9 km away at 219 m; the village itself is at 230 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 2.9 km away at 219 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 911 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 2.9 km away at 219 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 — 65121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65121
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65460
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
Chaufour-lès-Bonnières	78	638 km N	442	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 %
Guillos	33	140 km N	467	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Viterbe	81	154 km E	361	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Boubiers	60	666 km N	382	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Civry-la-Forêt	78	624 km N	373	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Vendranges	42	431 km NE	390	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Guillos	33	140 km N	467	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Viterbe	81	154 km E	361	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Vendranges	42	431 km NE	390	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Civry-la-Forêt	78	624 km N	373	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Chaufour-lès-Bonnières	78	638 km N	442	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 %
Boubiers	60	666 km N	382	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Camalès'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
Puybarban	33	133 km N	407	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Arpheuilles	18	428 km NE	299	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Panassac	32	40 km E	278	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Caixon	65	6.9 km NW	340	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Coust	18	420 km NE	415	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Longueville	47	123 km N	376	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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