Marsac
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 19.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Marsac (INSEE 65299) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 235 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 19.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 54 % of the 16,924 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.6 | 10 | 6.03 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.4 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 236 (2012) → 235 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 213 (1990) → 235 (2023): 10.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 6 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tostat): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Tostat): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Andrest): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Andrest): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Marsac): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VIC EN BIGORRE weather station, 6.2 km away at 219 m; the village itself is at 247 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 6.2 km away at 219 m, over 29 summers. [11]
An average of 911 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 6.2 km away at 219 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65299/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65299/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65299/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65299/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65446
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65007
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65299
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménonval | 76 | 725 km N | 236 | 22.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 % |
| Bourg-l'Évêque | 49 | 498 km N | 236 | 20.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 92 % |
| Nouvion-le-Comte | 02 | 754 km N | 239 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 % |
| Croissy-sur-Celle | 60 | 726 km N | 231 | 20.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 % |
| Orcenais | 18 | 419 km NE | 239 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 % |
| Dargies | 60 | 723 km N | 239 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orcenais | 18 | 419 km NE | 239 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 % |
| Bourg-l'Évêque | 49 | 498 km N | 236 | 20.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 92 % |
| Dargies | 60 | 723 km N | 239 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 29 % |
| Ménonval | 76 | 725 km N | 236 | 22.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 % |
| Croissy-sur-Celle | 60 | 726 km N | 231 | 20.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 % |
| Nouvion-le-Comte | 02 | 754 km N | 239 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Marsac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaujac | 47 | 129 km N | 241 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hours | 64 | 24 km SW | 231 | 20.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Méracq | 64 | 43 km NW | 234 | 20.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lucgarier | 64 | 25 km SW | 273 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Casteide-Cami | 64 | 50 km W | 274 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gayan | 65 | 4.3 km SW | 264 | 21.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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