Guchan
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 15.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Guchan (INSEE 65211) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Aure Louron. Population 151 (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 15.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 49 % of the 14,120 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 | 0.7 | 10 | 6.98 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE FENIL). [4,3]
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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | LE FENIL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 139 (2012) → 151 (2023): 8.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 126 (1990) → 151 (2023): 19.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 142, of which 50 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Guchen): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bourisp): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Lary-Soulan): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Sarrancolin): 13.4 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Guchen): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the BAZUS-AURE weather station, 1.1 km away at 767 m; the village itself is at 782 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BAZUS-AURE, 1.1 km away at 767 m, over 18 summers. [12]
An average of 840 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at BAZUS-AURE, 1.1 km away at 767 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65211/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65211/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65211/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65211/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65212
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65106
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65388
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65408
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavatoggio | 2B | 697 km E | 154 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Artalens-Souin | 65 | 35 km NW | 140 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 35 % |
| La Chapelle-sur-Dun | 76 | 781 km N | 162 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Orlu | 09 | 127 km E | 157 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lachapelle-sous-Chanéac | 07 | 395 km NE | 158 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Sauze-du-Lac | 05 | 513 km NE | 159 | 23.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artalens-Souin | 65 | 35 km NW | 140 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 35 % |
| Orlu | 09 | 127 km E | 157 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lachapelle-sous-Chanéac | 07 | 395 km NE | 158 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Sauze-du-Lac | 05 | 513 km NE | 159 | 23.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavatoggio | 2B | 697 km E | 154 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Chapelle-sur-Dun | 76 | 781 km N | 162 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Guchan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Sauze-du-Lac | 05 | 513 km NE | 159 | 23.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazus-Aure | 65 | 0.9 km N | 147 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Miglos | 09 | 102 km E | 142 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beyrède-Jumet-Camous | 65 | 12 km N | 194 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ilhet | 65 | 13 km N | 122 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marigny | 39 | 605 km NE | 215 | 27.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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