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Oléac-Debat

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC des Coteaux du Val d'Arros · INSEE 65332

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 25.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oléac-Debat (INSEE 65332) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC des Coteaux du Val d'Arros. Population 189 (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/65332-oleac-debat

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 15,632 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix155

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 124 2023: 189 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 137 (2012) → 189 (2023): 38 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 105 (1990) → 189 (2023): 80 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 74, of which 0 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.8 km NW (Orleix)Primary school — 1.8 km NW (Orleix)Food shop — 2.5 km W (Orleix)GP — 2.8 km E (Pouyastruc)Pharmacy — 2.8 km E (Pouyastruc)
Bakery — 1.8 km NWPrimary school — 1.8 km NWFood shop — 2.5 km WGP — 2.8 km EPharmacy — 2.8 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 (Orleix): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Orleix): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Pouyastruc): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Pouyastruc): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Orleix): 1.8 km to the north-west (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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CASTELVIEILH weather station, 4.9 km away at 355 m; the village itself is at 369 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 13.9 km away at 219 m, over 29 summers. [10]

That station sits 150 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CASTELVIEILH, 4.9 km away at 355 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65332/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65332/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65332/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65332/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65340
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65369
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Sarton62782 km N18221.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Matringhem62823 km N17718No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Illoud52692 km NE19113.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 64 %
Lecey52656 km NE19616.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 24 % · humidity 57 %
Falkwiller68733 km NE21421.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %
Rônai61617 km N18224.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rônai61617 km N18224.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Lecey52656 km NE19616.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 24 % · humidity 57 %
Illoud52692 km NE19113.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 64 %
Falkwiller68733 km NE21421.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %
Sarton62782 km N18221.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Matringhem62823 km N17718No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Oléac-Debat'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
Louit653.8 km N19417.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Anos6438 km W17417.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Villiers-le-Sec95668 km N20514.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Lonçon6451 km NW22117.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont17248 km N16117.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Castéra-Lou656.0 km N22015.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %