Germ

Identity

Germ (INSEE 65199) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Aure Louron. Population 33 (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/65199-germ

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 2,434 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.

Services

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UMS DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (EL FESTON · LES SILENES · SARL CHEZ MANU · LA FLAMME · SARL GOIKO ARGIA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (ALTIBAR). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER DECOSTER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GERM RP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE GERM). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 43 (2012) → 33 (2023): -23.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 31 (1990) → 33 (2023): 6.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 709, of which 97.2 % second homes and 0.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Jurvielle): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Germ): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Loudenvielle): 1.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bagnères-de-Luchon): 13.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Génos): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LOUDERVIELLE weather station, 1.2 km away at 1,587 m; the village itself is at 1,332 m. ^[13]

The village sits 255 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LOUDERVIELLE, 1.2 km away at 1,587 m, over 19 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 255 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,105 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LOUDERVIELLE, 1.2 km away at 1,587 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65199/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65199/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65199/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65199/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31242
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65199
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65282
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31042
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65195
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024