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Larreule

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Adour Madiran · INSEE 65262

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 18.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Larreule (INSEE 65262) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 379 (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/65262-larreule

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 18,037 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.52105.22
Housing mix0.853.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (MR CAMPAGNARI). [3,4]

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]

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)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser1MR CAMPAGNARIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 402 peak 2012: 435 2023: 379 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 435 (2012) → 379 (2023): -12.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 371 (1990) → 379 (2023): 2.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 10.1 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.9 km E (Maubourguet)Bakery — 2.9 km SW (Labatut-Figuières)Pharmacy — 2.9 km NE (Maubourguet)GP — 3.3 km NE (Maubourguet)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km EBakery — 2.9 km SWPharmacy — 2.9 km NEGP — 3.3 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 (Labatut-Figuières): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Maubourguet): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Maubourguet): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Maubourguet): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Larreule): 0 km to the north (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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MAUBOURGUET weather station, 3.5 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 186 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 8.1 km away at 219 m, over 29 summers. [11]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MAUBOURGUET, 3.5 km away at 177 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65262/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65262/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65262/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65262/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64293
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65304
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65262
  11. 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
Sainte-Colombe-sur-Gand42432 km NE38416.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gilles-les-Bois22627 km N38416.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Les Lèches24174 km N38921.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Greuville76711 km N36818.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %
Ardiège3166 km SE38123.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Alette62798 km N36522.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 69 % · humidity 43 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ardiège3166 km SE38123.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Les Lèches24174 km N38921.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Colombe-sur-Gand42432 km NE38416.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gilles-les-Bois22627 km N38416.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Greuville76711 km N36818.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %
Alette62798 km N36522.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 69 % · humidity 43 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vieillevigne31133 km E34424.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Luglon4092 km NW37323.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Bas-Mauco4061 km NW42117.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin3230 km E43413.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Fougueyrolles24158 km N46228.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lunas24167 km N45931.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %