Estaing

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves · INSEE 65169

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

No daily shops 14.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Estaing (INSEE 65169) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. Population 95 (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/65169-estaing

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 10,121 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.6	10	6.05
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (CENTRE D'ACCUEIL DU LAC D'ESTAING). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING INTERCOMMUNAL DU LAC D'ESTAING). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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

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	CENTRE D'ACCUEIL DU LAC D'ESTAING	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	CAMPING INTERCOMMUNAL DU LAC D'ESTAING	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 122 2023: 95 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 76 (2012) → 95 (2023): 25 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 86 (1990) → 95 (2023): 10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 155, of which 68.4 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.3 km NWPrimary school — 3.4 km NWPharmacy — 3.4 km NWGP — 3.6 km NBakery — 7.1 km SE 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 (Cauterets): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arrens-Marsous): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aucun): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Arrens-Marsous): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arrens-Marsous): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.1

Days at or below 0 °C 70.9

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARRENS MARSOUS weather station, 3.2 km away at 871 m; the village itself is at 978 m. ^[11]

The village sits 107 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. ^[11]

An average of 1,200 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARRENS MARSOUS, 3.2 km away at 871 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 — 65169/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65169/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65169/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65169/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65032
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65045
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 Garde	38	551 km NE	100	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Villeneuve-d'Entraunes	06	577 km E	82	14.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 49 %
Montsapey	73	593 km NE	85	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 49 %
Gourbit	09	140 km E	82	15.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 %
Alos	09	108 km E	116	11.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 97 %
Malons-et-Elze	30	376 km NE	111	16.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Alos	09	108 km E	116	11.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 97 %
Gourbit	09	140 km E	82	15.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 %
Malons-et-Elze	30	376 km NE	111	16.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 72 %
La Garde	38	551 km NE	100	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Villeneuve-d'Entraunes	06	577 km E	82	14.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 49 %
Montsapey	73	593 km NE	85	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 49 %

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