Capvern

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC du Plateau de Lannemezan · INSEE 65127

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

Partly served 46.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Capvern (INSEE 65127) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC du Plateau de Lannemezan. Population 1,298 (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/65127-capvern

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 12,699 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.77	10	7.66
Housing mix	0.27	5	1.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE CHALET · BON GOUT DES PYRENEES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (MISSYL). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (SARL LES ORANGERS · L'ESTANQUET · ASIAN CORNER · LA SIESTA · CHEZ SONIA). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATHIEU DOS SANTOS, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER CRAVERO, MÉDECIN · RODICA LAZAR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA HOUNT CAOUTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (CAPVERN LES BAINS AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JACK RALYTE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CASINO). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CAPO). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (HOTEL DU CASINO DE CAPVERN · HOTEL ABELIO · BRIT HOTEL DU LACA). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES CRAOUES · CAMPING LA PLENITUDE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LE CHALET · BON GOUT DES PYRENEES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	MISSYL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	SARL LES ORANGERS · L'ESTANQUET · ASIAN CORNER · LA SIESTA · CHEZ SONIA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MATHIEU DOS SANTOS, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER CRAVERO, MÉDECIN · RODICA LAZAR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA HOUNT CAOUTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	CAPVERN LES BAINS AP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JACK RALYTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CASINO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	CAPO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	3	HOTEL DU CASINO DE CAPVERN · HOTEL ABELIO · BRIT HOTEL DU LACA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LES CRAOUES · CAMPING LA PLENITUDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 938 2023: 1,298 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,287 (2012) → 1,298 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,025 (1990) → 1,298 (2023): 26.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,119, of which 36.3 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.2 km N 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 (Capvern): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Capvern): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Capvern): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Capvern): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Capvern): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 38.7

Muggy days a summer 3.6

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CAMPISTROUS weather station, 4.9 km away at 593 m; the village itself is at 615 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CAMPISTROUS, 4.9 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,129 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CAMPISTROUS, 4.9 km away at 593 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65127/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65127/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65127/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65127/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65127
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
La Désirade	971	6,469 km W	1,306	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Gatien-des-Bois	14	695 km N	1,295	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Huelgoat	29	664 km NW	1,440	49.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Corrèze	19	281 km NE	1,171	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Chamberet	19	298 km N	1,433	46.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 74 %
Camarès	12	222 km E	1,030	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Camarès	12	222 km E	1,030	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Corrèze	19	281 km NE	1,171	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Chamberet	19	298 km N	1,433	46.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 74 %
Huelgoat	29	664 km NW	1,440	49.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Gatien-des-Bois	14	695 km N	1,295	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
La Désirade	971	6,469 km W	1,306	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Capvern'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
Cuxac-Cabardès	11	162 km E	947	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Peyrat-le-Château	87	323 km N	1,025	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Hirel	35	634 km N	1,382	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Assérac	44	526 km NW	1,890	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cherrueix	35	632 km N	1,108	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Broladre	35	629 km N	1,153	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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