Juncalas
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 21.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Juncalas (INSEE 65237) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 174 (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 21.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 71 % of the 15,155 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 | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.52 | 10 | 5.24 |
| Housing mix | 0.57 | 5 | 2.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (L'AUBERGE DE CASTELLOUBON). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (JUNCALAS AP). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 2 | L'AUBERGE DE CASTELLOUBON | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | JUNCALAS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 178 (2012) → 174 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 170 (1990) → 174 (2023): 2.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 21.6 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lourdes): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lourdes): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Lourdes): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lourdes): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Germs-sur-l'Oussouet): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LOURDES weather station, 7.7 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 483 m. [10]
The village sits 73 m above 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 15 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 123 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,439 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LOURDES-SERRES, 5.9 km away at 415 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65237/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65237/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65237/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65237/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65286
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65200
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamnay-en-Bazois | 58 | 532 km NE | 171 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aubepierre-sur-Aube | 52 | 663 km NE | 180 | 17 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 % |
| Jouac | 87 | 381 km N | 197 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Connelles | 27 | 697 km N | 170 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lain | 89 | 571 km NE | 172 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vouécourt | 52 | 704 km NE | 210 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouac | 87 | 381 km N | 197 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tamnay-en-Bazois | 58 | 532 km NE | 171 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lain | 89 | 571 km NE | 172 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Aubepierre-sur-Aube | 52 | 663 km NE | 180 | 17 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 % |
| Connelles | 27 | 697 km N | 170 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vouécourt | 52 | 704 km NE | 210 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · 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 Juncalas'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouac | 87 | 381 km N | 197 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Simon | 16 | 289 km N | 233 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Theil-Rabier | 16 | 333 km N | 164 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ferrière-Larçon | 37 | 444 km N | 242 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ballans | 17 | 307 km N | 201 | 25.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villiers-le-Roux | 16 | 333 km N | 171 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
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