Hiis

Identity

Hiis (INSEE 65221) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC de la Haute-Bigorre. Population 268 (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/65221-hiis

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,504 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 225 (2012) → 268 (2023): 19.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 183 (1990) → 268 (2023): 46.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 123, of which 1.6 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montgaillard): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouzac): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montgaillard): 1.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montgaillard): 1.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Hiis): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BAGNERES SERRES weather station, 8.6 km away at 548 m; the village itself is at 418 m. ^[11]

The village sits 130 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 10.1 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 58 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,354 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAGNERES SERRES, 8.6 km away at 548 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 170,000 € — 1,587 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Hautes-Pyrénées is 1,521 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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 — 65221/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65221/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65221/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65221/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65320
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65370
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65221
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025