Esterre

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves · INSEE 65173

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

No daily shops 14.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Esterre (INSEE 65173) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. Population 184 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/65173-esterre

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 15,466 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.74
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 1 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 (LA GRANGE DU CHATEAU SAINTE-MARIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE BASTAN · CAMPING LE BERGONS). ^[3,4]

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. ^[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 GRANGE DU CHATEAU SAINTE-MARIE	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)	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LE BASTAN · CAMPING LE BERGONS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 188 peak 2007: 207 2023: 184 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 195 (2012) → 184 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 189 (1990) → 184 (2023): -2.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 250, of which 62 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 0.6 km WPrimary school — 0.6 km WFood shop — 0.8 km WGP — 0.8 km SWPharmacy — 0.8 km W 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 (Luz-Saint-Sauveur): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Luz-Saint-Sauveur): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Luz-Saint-Sauveur): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Esquièze-Sère): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Esquièze-Sère): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.6

Days at or below 0 °C 31.6

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LUZ SAINT SAUVEUR weather station, 1.5 km away at 910 m; the village itself is at 752 m. ^[10]

The village sits 158 m below 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]

An average of 1,185 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LUZ SAINT SAUVEUR, 1.5 km away at 910 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65173/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65173/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65173/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65173/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65295
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65168
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-Martial	30	328 km NE	177	15.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 88 %
Palau-de-Cerdagne	66	168 km E	405	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 41 %
Freissinières	05	564 km NE	186	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Laye	05	527 km NE	256	19.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 0 %
Peyroules	04	547 km E	255	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Apollinaire	05	544 km E	209	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Palau-de-Cerdagne	66	168 km E	405	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 41 %
Saint-Martial	30	328 km NE	177	15.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 88 %
Laye	05	527 km NE	256	19.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Apollinaire	05	544 km E	209	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 0 %
Peyroules	04	547 km E	255	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Freissinières	05	564 km NE	186	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %

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