Nouilhan

Identity

Nouilhan (INSEE 65330) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 231 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/65330-nouilhan

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 16,792 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.

Services

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LES 3 B). ^[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]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 200 (2012) → 231 (2023): 15.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 182 (1990) → 231 (2023): 26.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 110, of which 1.8 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Labatut-Figuières): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Maubourguet): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vic-en-Bigorre): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vic-en-Bigorre): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Caixon): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

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. ^[12]

Measured at the MAUBOURGUET weather station, 5.2 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 197 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 5.4 km away at 219 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MAUBOURGUET, 5.2 km away at 177 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 156,300 € — 1,389 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Hautes-Pyrénées is 1,521 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65330/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65330/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65330/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65330/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64293
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65304
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65460
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65119
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025