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Izaourt

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Neste Barousse · INSEE 65230

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Izaourt (INSEE 65230) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Neste Barousse. Population 256 (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/65230-izaourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 17,315 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.59105.89
Housing mix0.5452.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 209 peak 2017: 257 2023: 256 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 233 (2012) → 256 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 235 (1990) → 256 (2023): 8.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 186, of which 23.1 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.7 km NE (Loures-Barousse)GP — 0.9 km NE (Loures-Barousse)Bakery — 1.0 km NE (Loures-Barousse)Food shop — 1.0 km NE (Loures-Barousse)Pharmacy — 1.0 km N (Loures-Barousse)
Primary school — 0.7 km NEGP — 0.9 km NEBakery — 1.0 km NEFood shop — 1.0 km NEPharmacy — 1.0 km N 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 (Loures-Barousse): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Loures-Barousse): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Loures-Barousse): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Loures-Barousse): 1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Loures-Barousse): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the IZAOURT weather station, 0.2 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 453 m. [9]

An average of 987 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at IZAOURT, 0.2 km away at 460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65230/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65230/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65230/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65230/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65287
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Pierre-des-Ifs27695 km N25313.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Tocqueville50755 km N2587.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 46 %
Cresseveuille14694 km N25714.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 77 %
L'Abergement-de-Varey01507 km NE27014.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 74 %
Tourville-en-Auge14702 km N25711.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Pougnadoresse30337 km E27115No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 5 % · winter 95 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pougnadoresse30337 km E27115No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 5 % · winter 95 %
L'Abergement-de-Varey01507 km NE27014.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 74 %
Cresseveuille14694 km N25714.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Ifs27695 km N25313.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Tourville-en-Auge14702 km N25711.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Tocqueville50755 km N2587.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 46 %

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