Ger
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ger (INSEE 65197) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 160 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 71 % of the 14,595 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 | 0.86 | 10 | 8.56 |
| Housing mix | 0.53 | 5 | 2.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING ARRAYADE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.
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] | |
| 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 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 ARRAYADE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 182 (2012) → 160 (2023): -12.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 118 (1990) → 160 (2023): 35.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 103, of which 23.3 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lourdes): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lourdes): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Lourdes): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lourdes): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Ossen): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LOURDES weather station, 6.1 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 395 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 15.4 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 1,439 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LOURDES-SERRES, 5.7 km away at 415 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 — 65197/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65197/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65197/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65197/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65286
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65343
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossillon | 01 | 543 km NE | 166 | 22.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 % |
| Fontenay-sur-Mer | 50 | 722 km N | 161 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 % |
| Inxent | 62 | 843 km N | 157 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
| Caussiniojouls | 34 | 264 km E | 164 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Menétru-le-Vignoble | 39 | 608 km NE | 164 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 64 % |
| Prébois | 38 | 498 km NE | 170 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 16 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caussiniojouls | 34 | 264 km E | 164 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prébois | 38 | 498 km NE | 170 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 16 % · humidity 50 % |
| Rossillon | 01 | 543 km NE | 166 | 22.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 % |
| Menétru-le-Vignoble | 39 | 608 km NE | 164 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 64 % |
| Fontenay-sur-Mer | 50 | 722 km N | 161 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 % |
| Inxent | 62 | 843 km N | 157 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 100 % · 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 Ger'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lieurac | 09 | 149 km E | 181 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louzignac | 17 | 310 km N | 176 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Victor | 24 | 249 km N | 213 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montclar | 11 | 186 km E | 178 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montels | 09 | 123 km E | 164 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laprade | 16 | 248 km N | 248 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
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