Guchen

Identity

Guchen (INSEE 65212) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Aure Louron. Population 301 (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/65212-guchen

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,841 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'IGLOO SARL · LA BONBONNIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Campsite. ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 367 (2012) → 301 (2023): -18 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 335 (1990) → 301 (2023): -10.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 373, of which 60.9 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Guchen): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ancizan): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Arreau): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sarrancolin): 12 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Guchen): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

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 km away at 767 m; the village itself is at 770 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BAZUS-AURE, 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 km away at 767 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

16 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 208,250 € — 1,763 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

17 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 110,720 € — 2,821 € per m². ^[13]

The median across Hautes-Pyrénées is 1,521 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65212/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65212/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65212/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65212/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65212
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65006
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65031
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65408
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025