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Cazaux-Debat

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Aure Louron · INSEE 65140

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cazaux-Debat (INSEE 65140) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Aure Louron. Population 34 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/65140-cazaux-debat

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 2,609 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 19 2023: 34 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 18 (2012) → 34 (2023): 88.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 14 (1990) → 34 (2023): 142.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 33, of which 60.6 % second homes and 3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 2.6 km NW (Arreau)Bakery — 2.7 km NW (Arreau)Primary school — 2.7 km NW (Arreau)GP — 2.8 km NW (Arreau)Pharmacy — 8.7 km N (Sarrancolin)
Food shop — 2.6 km NWBakery — 2.7 km NWPrimary school — 2.7 km NWGP — 2.8 km NWPharmacy — 8.7 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 (Arreau): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Arreau): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Arreau): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Sarrancolin): 8.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Arreau): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 115 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ARREAU BORDERES weather station, 2 km away at 720 m; the village itself is at 855 m. [10]

The village sits 135 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at BAZUS-AURE, 4.5 km away at 767 m, over 18 summers. [10]

That station sits 88 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 941 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ARREAU BORDERES, 2 km away at 720 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65140/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65140/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65140/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65140/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65031
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65408
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Toy-Viam19331 km N351.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Mela2A728 km E378.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Charens26451 km NE326.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Lège3118 km E321No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Les Prés26455 km NE3111.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Pietricaggio2B739 km E320No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lège3118 km E321No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Toy-Viam19331 km N351.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Charens26451 km NE326.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Les Prés26455 km NE3111.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Mela2A728 km E378.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Pietricaggio2B739 km E320No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Cazaux-Debat'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Champ-Laurent73548 km NE318.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Michel-en-Beaumont38494 km NE326.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Gouaux-de-Luchon3120 km E435.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ouides43350 km NE512No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Camparan656.2 km SW516.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Génat0997 km E248.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %