Louey

Hautes-Pyrénées · CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées · INSEE 65284

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

Few services 27.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Louey (INSEE 65284) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 1,124 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/65284-louey

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 13,640 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.94	10	9.43
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

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 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARTINE CROS, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU MARQUISAT). ^[4,3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE JACQUES DUCLOS). ^[4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE SPORT · SOCATA). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (STUDIO COIFFURE). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARTINE CROS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU MARQUISAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE JACQUES DUCLOS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	2	ESPACE SPORT · SOCATA	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	STUDIO COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 439 2023: 1,124 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 982 (2012) → 1,124 (2023): 14.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 779 (1990) → 1,124 (2023): 44.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 517, of which 2.5 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.1 km NFood shop — 2.9 km NBakery — 3.1 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 (Juillan): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Juillan): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Louey): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Louey): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Louey): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 38.1

Muggy days a summer 6.5

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES weather station, 2.1 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 350 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 2.1 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,064 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 2.1 km away at 360 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 — 65284/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65284/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65284/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65284/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65284
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
Auteuil	78	645 km N	1,020	22.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sériès	34	336 km E	972	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Gray-la-Ville	70	643 km NE	928	19.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Villiers-le-Mahieu	78	647 km N	888	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Dannemarie-sur-Crète	25	641 km NE	1,486	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Fresnoy-en-Thelle	60	692 km N	871	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sériès	34	336 km E	972	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Dannemarie-sur-Crète	25	641 km NE	1,486	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Gray-la-Ville	70	643 km NE	928	19.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Auteuil	78	645 km N	1,020	22.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Villiers-le-Mahieu	78	647 km N	888	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Fresnoy-en-Thelle	60	692 km N	871	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Louey'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
Gurmençon	64	50 km W	867	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Agnos	64	52 km W	1,044	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Montgailhard	09	134 km E	1,437	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lorp-Sentaraille	09	91 km E	1,381	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Horgues	65	5.8 km E	1,287	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lanne	65	1.1 km S	598	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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