Mascaras

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC des Coteaux du Val d'Arros · INSEE 65303

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

Few services 38.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mascaras (INSEE 65303) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC des Coteaux du Val d'Arros. Population 361 (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 38.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 18,032 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.81	10	8.08
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE MASCARAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE RN 117 · LES PETITS POTS DE LEO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	LE MASCARAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	AUBERGE RN 117 · LES PETITS POTS DE LEO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 204 peak 2007: 364 2023: 361 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 360 (2012) → 361 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 276 (1990) → 361 (2023): 30.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 193, of which 6.2 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km NEBakery — 2.9 km WGP — 4.4 km WPharmacy — 6.0 km E 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 (Barbazan-Debat): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mascaras): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Barbazan-Debat): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tournay): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 45.6

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TOURNAY weather station, 5.9 km away at 267 m; the village itself is at 354 m. ^[11]

The village sits 87 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 13.9 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,046 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TOURNAY, 5.9 km away at 267 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 — 65303/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65303/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65303/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65303/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65303
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65447
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
Civry-la-Forêt	78	641 km N	373	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Tizac-de-Curton	33	185 km N	383	34.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
La Baume-Cornillane	26	430 km NE	456	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sixte	47	115 km NE	363	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Dreuilhe	09	140 km E	360	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Fiefs	62	830 km N	354	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sixte	47	115 km NE	363	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Dreuilhe	09	140 km E	360	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Tizac-de-Curton	33	185 km N	383	34.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
La Baume-Cornillane	26	430 km NE	456	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Civry-la-Forêt	78	641 km N	373	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Fiefs	62	830 km N	354	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · 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 Mascaras'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
La Rivière	33	198 km N	409	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Salles-de-Barbezieux	16	253 km N	407	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Arpheuilles	18	441 km NE	299	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mons	17	295 km N	445	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Panassac	32	39 km NE	278	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Coux	17	240 km N	480	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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