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Labassère

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC de la Haute-Bigorre · INSEE 65238

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

No daily shops 9.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Labassère (INSEE 65238) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC de la Haute-Bigorre. Population 227 (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/65238-labassere

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 16,726 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 trend0.54105.41
Housing mix0.5252.59

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: 331 2023: 227 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 248 (2012) → 227 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 218 (1990) → 227 (2023): 4.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 170, of which 24.1 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.5 km SW (Bagnères-de-Bigorre)Primary school — 3.2 km W (Germs-sur-l'Oussouet)GP — 3.9 km E (Bagnères-de-Bigorre)Pharmacy — 4.2 km NE (Bagnères-de-Bigorre)Bakery — 4.3 km NE (Pouzac)
Food shop — 2.5 km SWPrimary school — 3.2 km WGP — 3.9 km EPharmacy — 4.2 km NEBakery — 4.3 km NE 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 (Pouzac): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bagnères-de-Bigorre): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Germs-sur-l'Oussouet): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BAGNERES SERRES weather station, 5.3 km away at 548 m; the village itself is at 784 m. [11]

The village sits 236 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. [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, 5.3 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

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 186,750 € — 1,975 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Hautes-Pyrénées is 1,521 € per m², so this commune sits above 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 — 65238/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65238/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65238/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65238/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65370
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65059
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65200
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Cornusse18480 km NE2266.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Crasville50730 km N2239.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 59 %
Lignières10622 km NE2238.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Malay71532 km NE22510.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 100 %
Ouzouer-le-Doyen41552 km N22610.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Troguéry22683 km N2279.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 36 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cornusse18480 km NE2266.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Malay71532 km NE22510.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 100 %
Ouzouer-le-Doyen41552 km N22610.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Lignières10622 km NE2238.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Troguéry22683 km N2279.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 36 %
Crasville50730 km N2239.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 59 %

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