Coussan

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC des Coteaux du Val d'Arros · INSEE 65153

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

Few services 23.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coussan (INSEE 65153) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC des Coteaux du Val d'Arros. Population 104 (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/65153-coussan

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 10,940 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	0.3	10	3
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

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

1 × Restaurant (LA GUINGUETTE DU LAC). ^[3,4]

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

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 GUINGUETTE DU LAC	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	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: 99 peak 1990: 130 2023: 104 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 118 (2012) → 104 (2023): -11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 130 (1990) → 104 (2023): -20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 60, of which 5 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km NWGP — 4.0 km NWPharmacy — 4.0 km NWBakery — 7.5 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 (Orleix): 7.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouyastruc): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pouyastruc): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pouyastruc): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Coussan): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.9

Days at or below 0 °C 21.3

Muggy days a summer 6.5

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CASTELVIEILH weather station, 4.4 km away at 355 m; the village itself is at 327 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 17.5 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CASTELVIEILH, 4.4 km away at 355 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65153/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65153/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65153/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65153/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65340
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65369
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65153
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
Gissey-le-Vieil	21	564 km NE	104	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 50 %
Rimbez-et-Baudiets	40	91 km N	104	25	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Aougny	51	713 km N	103	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 30 % · humidity 57 %
Terrebasse	31	62 km E	135	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Urbise	42	444 km NE	117	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Arroumex	82	105 km NE	145	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Terrebasse	31	62 km E	135	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Rimbez-et-Baudiets	40	91 km N	104	25	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Arroumex	82	105 km NE	145	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Urbise	42	444 km NE	117	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 29 %
Gissey-le-Vieil	21	564 km NE	104	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 50 %
Aougny	51	713 km N	103	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 30 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Coussan'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
Peyrun	65	9.4 km N	106	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sère-Rustaing	65	7.7 km E	127	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Marquerie	65	1.6 km N	82	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lalanne-Trie	65	13 km NE	118	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Luby-Betmont	65	9.3 km NE	104	8.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Boisseuilh	24	240 km N	110	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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