Esparros

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC du Plateau de Lannemezan · INSEE 65165

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

Few services 26.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Esparros (INSEE 65165) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC du Plateau de Lannemezan. Population 165 (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/65165-esparros

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 14,807 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.36	10	3.59
Housing mix	0.33	5	1.63

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

3 × Restaurant (GOHAN · LE RELAIS D'ESPARROS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ESPARROS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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. ^[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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	GOHAN · LE RELAIS D'ESPARROS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ESPARROS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 232 2023: 165 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 161 (2012) → 165 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 192 (1990) → 165 (2023): -14.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 175, of which 33.7 % second homes and 16 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.2 km NWFood shop — 4.6 km SEGP — 7.2 km NEPharmacy — 7.3 km NE 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 (Batsère): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hèches): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Barthe-de-Neste): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Barthe-de-Neste): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Esparros): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.5

Days at or below 0 °C 62

Muggy days a summer 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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LOMNE_SAPC weather station, 2.2 km away at 447 m; the village itself is at 462 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CAMPISTROUS, 11.2 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 131 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,226 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LOMNE_SAPC, 2.2 km away at 447 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65165/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65165/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65165/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65165/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65071
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65218
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65069
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65165
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
Saint-Joseph-des-Bancs	07	379 km NE	200	26	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Maigner	63	388 km NE	162	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Le Mas-de-Tence	43	397 km NE	167	18.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles	34	274 km E	185	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %
Moutier-d'Ahun	23	367 km N	160	14.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Privat-du-Dragon	43	346 km NE	169	15.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles	34	274 km E	185	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Privat-du-Dragon	43	346 km NE	169	15.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 %
Moutier-d'Ahun	23	367 km N	160	14.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Joseph-des-Bancs	07	379 km NE	200	26	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Maigner	63	388 km NE	162	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Le Mas-de-Tence	43	397 km NE	167	18.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Esparros'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
Benqué-Molère	65	7.7 km NW	140	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vielmanay	58	519 km NE	173	13.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-d'Estissac	24	223 km N	158	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Église-Neuve-d'Issac	24	217 km N	121	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Combiers	16	274 km N	128	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
La Celle-Condé	18	443 km N	189	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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