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Montsérié

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Neste Barousse · INSEE 65323

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montsérié (INSEE 65323) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Neste Barousse. Population 67 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/65323-montserie

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 7,049 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.87108.67
Housing mix0.1750.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 46 peak 2017: 80 2023: 67 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 58 (2012) → 67 (2023): 15.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 49 (1990) → 67 (2023): 36.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 53, of which 41.5 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.6 km NE (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste)Bakery — 4.9 km NE (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste)Food shop — 5.0 km NE (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste)Pharmacy — 5.0 km NE (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste)GP — 5.2 km NE (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste)
Primary school — 4.6 km NEBakery — 4.9 km NEFood shop — 5.0 km NEPharmacy — 5.0 km NEGP — 5.2 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 (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Laurent-de-Neste): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the NESTIER weather station, 3.8 km away at 504 m; the village itself is at 556 m. [9]

The village sits 52 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at CAMPISTROUS, 10.2 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 1,064 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at NESTIER, 3.8 km away at 504 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65323/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65323/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65323/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65323/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65389
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Casevecchie2B737 km E694.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 29 %
Sarrecave3122 km NE698.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Arzembouy58520 km NE704.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Tharoiseau89557 km NE664.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Bénivay-Ollon26407 km E696No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
L'Hosmes27640 km N652.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sarrecave3122 km NE698.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Bénivay-Ollon26407 km E696No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Arzembouy58520 km NE704.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Tharoiseau89557 km NE664.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
L'Hosmes27640 km N652.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Casevecchie2B737 km E694.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Montsérié'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pisseloup52673 km NE626.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-des-Champs71517 km NE617.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Chougny58519 km NE856.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Ossun-ez-Angles6531 km W5713.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Luscan3116 km E462.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rosières-sur-Mance70676 km NE532.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %