Madiran

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Adour Madiran · INSEE 65296

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 36.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Madiran (INSEE 65296) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 424 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/65296-madiran

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 17,961 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.27	10	2.67
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE FRERE FABRICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE MADI'STRO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MADIRAN AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MADIRAN). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE FRERE FABRICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	LE MADI'STRO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MADIRAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	CENTRE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE MADIRAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 556 peak 1982: 598 2023: 424 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 443 (2012) → 424 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 553 (1990) → 424 (2023): -23.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 20.9 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.3 km NEFood shop — 4.4 km SWGP — 10.3 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 (Madiran): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Lasserre): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Plaisance): 10.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Castelnau-Rivière-Basse): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Madiran): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.3

Days at or below 0 °C 48.5

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MAUBOURGUET weather station, 12 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 162 m. ^[13]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MAUBOURGUET, 12 km away at 177 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65296/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/36/ca1d1c53-8c5c-30cc-bd64-905ce6ef5ba2— “Chaque dimanche matin, la halle de Madiran devient un lieu de rencontre incontournable pour les habitants, les visiteurs et les amoureux des produits du terroir.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65296/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65296/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65296/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64323
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32319
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65130
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
Saint-Julien-aux-Bois	19	248 km NE	430	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 66 %
Sépeaux-Saint Romain	89	551 km NE	506	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 93 %
Sarlande	24	231 km NE	428	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 84 %
Mouhet	36	336 km N	418	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 95 %
Concots	46	166 km NE	420	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Lanne-en-Barétous	64	75 km SW	481	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 76 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lanne-en-Barétous	64	75 km SW	481	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 76 %
Concots	46	166 km NE	420	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Sarlande	24	231 km NE	428	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Julien-aux-Bois	19	248 km NE	430	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 66 %
Mouhet	36	336 km N	418	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 95 %
Sépeaux-Saint Romain	89	551 km NE	506	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 93 %

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