Castelnau-Magnoac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 71/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Castelnau-Magnoac (INSEE 65129) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC du Pays de Trie et du Magnoac. Population 750 (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 71/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 100 % of the 16,058 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 | 0.74 | 25 | 18.45 |
| Social | 0.81 | 20 | 16.14 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.81 | 10 | 8.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.44 | 10 | 4.41 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.79 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DU MAGNOAC · INC.MENARD). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAS CARRILLON). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DU MAGNOAC · CAFE MARCHA · CHEZ JEAN · LA TAULADA). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (POMME PINOT, MÉDECIN · EVA KOZUB DECOTTE, MÉDECIN · GILLES PLANTAT, MÉDECIN · JOSE MARIA ANTON BASALO, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MILLIET SENS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PYRENEES GASCOGNE). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (DEDEE COIFF' · LA MARINA). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | AU FOURNIL DU MAGNOAC · INC.MENARD | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | SAS CARRILLON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | 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 | 4 | RESTAURANT DU MAGNOAC · CAFE MARCHA · CHEZ JEAN · LA TAULADA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 4 | POMME PINOT, MÉDECIN · EVA KOZUB DECOTTE, MÉDECIN · GILLES PLANTAT, MÉDECIN · JOSE MARIA ANTON BASALO, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE MILLIET SENS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PYRENEES GASCOGNE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 5 | DEDEE COIFF' · LA MARINA | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 769 (2012) → 750 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 797 (1990) → 750 (2023): -5.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 539, of which 12.1 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Castelnau-Magnoac): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Castelnau-Magnoac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Castelnau-Magnoac): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Castelnau-Magnoac): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Castelnau-Magnoac): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CASTELNAU MAGNOAC weather station, 2.1 km away at 298 m; the village itself is at 364 m. [9]
The village sits 66 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at CASTELNAU MAGNOAC, 2.1 km away at 298 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 66 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 868 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CASTELNAU MAGNOAC, 2.1 km away at 298 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 — 65129/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65129/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65129/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65129/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65129
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archiac | 17 | 256 km N | 773 | 69.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 % |
| Lullin | 74 | 579 km NE | 809 | 71.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 % |
| Valmont | 76 | 717 km N | 849 | 72.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 54 % |
| Belleherbe | 25 | 653 km NE | 630 | 65.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 23 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre | 36 | 376 km N | 778 | 58.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sellières | 39 | 558 km NE | 737 | 61.2 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archiac | 17 | 256 km N | 773 | 69.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre | 36 | 376 km N | 778 | 58.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sellières | 39 | 558 km NE | 737 | 61.2 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lullin | 74 | 579 km NE | 809 | 71.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 % |
| Belleherbe | 25 | 653 km NE | 630 | 65.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 23 % · humidity 64 % |
| Valmont | 76 | 717 km N | 849 | 72.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 54 % |
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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 Castelnau-Magnoac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galan | 65 | 11 km SW | 698 | 52.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre | 87 | 278 km N | 1,378 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Sauves | 86 | 396 km N | 1,281 | 37.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cuisery | 71 | 507 km NE | 1,576 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Donjon | 03 | 428 km NE | 1,007 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Mathieu | 87 | 269 km N | 1,085 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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