Lourdes
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 68.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lourdes (INSEE 65286) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 13,266 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/65286-lourdes
Vitality score
Vitality score 68.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).
Better served than 84 % of the 1,863 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 | 0.77 | 25 | 19.21 |
| Social | 0.99 | 20 | 19.73 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.74 | 10 | 7.39 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.08 |
| Population trend | 0.31 | 10 | 3.14 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
13 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE BARZU · LE MOULIN DE DON QUICHOTTE · CHOCOLAT PAILHASSON · BOULANGERIE D'ANCLADES). [3,4]
9 × Butcher (boucherie) (ROTIGRILL · POUTS · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DES PYRENEES · CHARCUTERIE ZANESI NAUDE). [3,4]
14 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PETIT CASINO · EPICERIE DE LOURDES · BIOCOOP · AU PARADIS). [3,4]
7 × Supermarket (LIDL · CENTRE DISTRIBUTEUR LOURDES · STEME · ACTION · CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
2 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LES FROMAGERS DU MONT ROYAL · L'INSTANT FROMAGE). [4]
1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE BARTHEZ). [3,4]
101 × Restaurant (SALON DE THE ST PAUL · SOCIETE HOTEL NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES · SARL FERREIRA · SELT). [3,4]
29 × Café / bar (RESTAURANT DU GOLF · GUINGUETTE · LA BAMBA · LA PERGOLA · LE TRIANGLE). [4]
3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE L'OPHITE · ECOLE MATERNELLE DARRESPOUEY · EC MATERNELLE PUB LANNEDARRE). [3]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU LAPACCA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HONORE AUZON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MASSABIELLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE IMMACULEE SOUM). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE LA SERRE DE SARSAN · COLLEGE PEYRAMALE SAINT JOSEPH). [3]
18 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ROGER CARITE, MÉDECIN · FRANCOISE THOMAS, MÉDECIN · SABINE TURON, MÉDECIN · ELODIE GRIFFON, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN MINVIELLE-LARROUSSE, MÉDECIN). [3]
7 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LABAZUY · PHARMACIE DES HALLES · PHARMACIE LAFAYETTE VARICHON NABIAS · PHARMACIE MALEK · PHARMACIE DES STADES). [3,4]
3 × Post office / agence postale (LOURDES LECLERC LPR RP · LOURDES LA CIG HALLE BURALISTE RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LOURDES). [3]
4 × Cinema (LE MAJESTIC · CINEMA BERNADETTE · LE PAX · LE PALAIS). [3]
6 × Gym / sports hall (PALAIS DES SPORTS FRANCOIS ABADIE · LYCEE DE L ARROUZA · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA COUSTETE · COLLEGE DE LAPACCA · LYCEE COLLEGE DE SARSAN). [3]
10 × Bank (BANQUE MICHEL INCHAUSPE · AGENCE DE LOURDES · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LOURDES · CIC SOCIETE BORDELAISE · SOCIETE GENERALE). [3]
29 × Hairdresser (PASCAL MAGENDIE COIFFEUR · COIFF & CO · BIGOUDIS ET COMPAGNIE). [3,4]
5 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
107 × Hotel (HOTEL SAINTE AGNES · HOTEL MIRASOL · HOTEL SAINTE-ROSE · HOTEL DU CHRIST ROI · HOTEL CROIX DES BRETONS). [3,4]
5 × Campsite (CAMPING CARAVANING DE SARSAN · CAMPING DOMEC · CAMPING D 'ARROUACH · CAMPING LA FORET · CAMPING DU LOUP). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 20 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 2 × Bank, 5 × Hairdresser, 14 × Hotel, 2 × Campsite.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 13 | BOULANGERIE BARZU · LE MOULIN DE DON QUICHOTTE · CHOCOLAT PAILHASSON · BOULANGERIE D'ANCLADES | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 28 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 9 | ROTIGRILL · POUTS · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DES PYRENEES · CHARCUTERIE ZANESI NAUDE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 14 | PETIT CASINO · EPICERIE DE LOURDES · BIOCOOP · AU PARADIS | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 7 | LIDL · CENTRE DISTRIBUTEUR LOURDES · STEME · ACTION · CARREFOUR MARKET | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 2 | LES FROMAGERS DU MONT ROYAL · L'INSTANT FROMAGE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 1 | POISSONNERIE BARTHEZ | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 101 | SALON DE THE ST PAUL · SOCIETE HOTEL NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES · SARL FERREIRA · SELT | INSEE BPE 101 / INSEE SIRENE 153 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 29 | RESTAURANT DU GOLF · GUINGUETTE · LA BAMBA · LA PERGOLA · LE TRIANGLE | INSEE SIRENE 29 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 3 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE L'OPHITE · ECOLE MATERNELLE DARRESPOUEY · EC MATERNELLE PUB LANNEDARRE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU LAPACCA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HONORE AUZON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MASSABIELLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE IMMACULEE SOUM | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE LA SERRE DE SARSAN · COLLEGE PEYRAMALE SAINT JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 18 | ROGER CARITE, MÉDECIN · FRANCOISE THOMAS, MÉDECIN · SABINE TURON, MÉDECIN · ELODIE GRIFFON, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN MINVIELLE-LARROUSSE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 18 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 7 | PHARMACIE LABAZUY · PHARMACIE DES HALLES · PHARMACIE LAFAYETTE VARICHON NABIAS · PHARMACIE MALEK · PHARMACIE DES STADES | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 3 | LOURDES LECLERC LPR RP · LOURDES LA CIG HALLE BURALISTE RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LOURDES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 4 | LE MAJESTIC · CINEMA BERNADETTE · LE PAX · LE PALAIS | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 6 | PALAIS DES SPORTS FRANCOIS ABADIE · LYCEE DE L ARROUZA · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA COUSTETE · COLLEGE DE LAPACCA · LYCEE COLLEGE DE SARSAN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 10 | BANQUE MICHEL INCHAUSPE · AGENCE DE LOURDES · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LOURDES · CIC SOCIETE BORDELAISE · SOCIETE GENERALE | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 29 | PASCAL MAGENDIE COIFFEUR · COIFF & CO · BIGOUDIS ET COMPAGNIE | INSEE BPE 29 / INSEE SIRENE 34 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 5 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 107 | HOTEL SAINTE AGNES · HOTEL MIRASOL · HOTEL SAINTE-ROSE · HOTEL DU CHRIST ROI · HOTEL CROIX DES BRETONS | INSEE BPE 107 / INSEE SIRENE 191 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 5 | CAMPING CARAVANING DE SARSAN · CAMPING DOMEC · CAMPING D 'ARROUACH · CAMPING LA FORET · CAMPING DU LOUP | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 14,466 (2012) → 13,266 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 16,300 (1990) → 13,266 (2023): -18.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 9,824, of which 12.2 % second homes and 15.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lourdes): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lourdes): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Lourdes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lourdes): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lourdes): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LOURDES weather station, 2 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 401 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 11.3 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 1,439 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LOURDES-SERRES, 2 km away at 415 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
454 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 155,600 € — 1,469 € per m² of built surface. [10]
1,284 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 60,000 € — 1,139 € per m². [10]
The median across Hautes-Pyrénées is 1,521 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [10]
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
sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65286/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65286/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65286/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65286/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65286
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mèze | 34 | 298 km E | 12,669 | 58.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 40 | 108 km NW | 14,481 | 61.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 % |
| Gex | 01 | 602 km NE | 13,627 | 52.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 36 % · humidity 50 % |
| Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | 30 | 402 km E | 13,148 | 58.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Auray | 56 | 558 km NW | 14,207 | 68.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 84 % |
| Bonneville | 74 | 609 km NE | 13,335 | 61 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 28 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 40 | 108 km NW | 14,481 | 61.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 % |
| Mèze | 34 | 298 km E | 12,669 | 58.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
| Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | 30 | 402 km E | 13,148 | 58.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Auray | 56 | 558 km NW | 14,207 | 68.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 84 % |
| Gex | 01 | 602 km NE | 13,627 | 52.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 36 % · humidity 50 % |
| Bonneville | 74 | 609 km NE | 13,335 | 61 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 28 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Lourdes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 33 | 214 km N | 12,626 | 59.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brignais | 69 | 478 km NE | 12,503 | 59.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais | 69 | 506 km NE | 14,016 | 64.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sassenage | 38 | 513 km NE | 11,646 | 46.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Biganos | 33 | 188 km NW | 11,431 | 58 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean | 31 | 141 km NE | 11,261 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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