Gerde

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC de la Haute-Bigorre · INSEE 65198

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 30.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gerde (INSEE 65198) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC de la Haute-Bigorre. Population 1,196 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/65198-gerde

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 13,234 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.5	10	5.04
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL CASA-HET). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (REFUGE DES CHASSEURS · JIMENEZ PAELLA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (CARRE PY). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (CARRE PY HOTEL). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LA POMMERAIE · CAMPING DE L ADOUR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SARL CASA-HET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	REFUGE DES CHASSEURS · JIMENEZ PAELLA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	1	CARRE PY	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CARRE PY HOTEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LA POMMERAIE · CAMPING DE L ADOUR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,001 2023: 1,196 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,193 (2012) → 1,196 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,191 (1990) → 1,196 (2023): 0.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 728, of which 13 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.4 km NWPharmacy — 1.7 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 (Gerde): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gerde): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gerde): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.3

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

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 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BAGNERES SERRES weather station, 1.9 km away at 548 m; the village itself is at 583 m. ^[10]

An average of 1,354 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BAGNERES SERRES, 1.9 km away at 548 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 — 65198/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65198/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65198/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65198/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65059
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
Grézac	17	294 km N	955	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Appeville-Annebault	27	699 km N	1,004	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes	85	406 km N	1,213	39.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 84 %
Poigny-la-Forêt	78	638 km N	957	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Joux-la-Ville	89	584 km NE	1,175	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent	79	373 km N	1,062	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grézac	17	294 km N	955	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent	79	373 km N	1,062	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes	85	406 km N	1,213	39.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 84 %
Joux-la-Ville	89	584 km NE	1,175	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Poigny-la-Forêt	78	638 km N	957	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Appeville-Annebault	27	699 km N	1,004	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 96 %

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