Orleix
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Orleix (INSEE 65340) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 1,910 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/65340-orleix
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 41 % of the 9,904 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.55 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.75 | 10 | 7.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FABRIQUE D'ALEX · FELIZARDO DA SILVA). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NOUVEAU MARCHE DU PORTUGAL). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (SOCIETE DE VENTE ET D'EXPLOITATION). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (PIZZ'AL DENTE · LA BONNE HEURE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LUCIE AUBRAC). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LAFAYETTE ORLEIX). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ORLEIX AP). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (BRUNO FLAUJAC COIFFURES · CLEA COIFFURE · NATHALIE DUPUY COIFFURE STYLISTE ONGULAIRE · TANOU M). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LA FABRIQUE D'ALEX · FELIZARDO DA SILVA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | NOUVEAU MARCHE DU PORTUGAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | SOCIETE DE VENTE ET D'EXPLOITATION | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | PIZZ'AL DENTE · LA BONNE HEURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LUCIE AUBRAC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE LAFAYETTE ORLEIX | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ORLEIX AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 4 | BRUNO FLAUJAC COIFFURES · CLEA COIFFURE · NATHALIE DUPUY COIFFURE STYLISTE ONGULAIRE · TANOU M | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 1,967 (2012) → 1,910 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,523 (1990) → 1,910 (2023): 25.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 879, of which 0.8 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Orleix): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Orleix): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Pouyastruc): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bazet): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Orleix): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CASTELVIEILH weather station, 6.2 km away at 355 m; the village itself is at 276 m. [11]
The village sits 79 m below 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 8 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 12.2 km away at 219 m, over 29 summers. [11]
That station sits 57 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CASTELVIEILH, 6.2 km away at 355 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65340/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65340/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65340/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65340/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65340
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65369
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65072
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sancé | 71 | 504 km NE | 2,151 | 43.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 % |
| Rouillon | 72 | 525 km N | 2,382 | 41.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 % |
| Arçonnay | 72 | 569 km N | 1,902 | 53.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 43 % |
| Cambes | 33 | 168 km N | 1,897 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Condé-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 573 km N | 2,494 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Gervais | 33 | 199 km N | 1,983 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambes | 33 | 168 km N | 1,897 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gervais | 33 | 199 km N | 1,983 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sancé | 71 | 504 km NE | 2,151 | 43.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 % |
| Rouillon | 72 | 525 km N | 2,382 | 41.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 % |
| Arçonnay | 72 | 569 km N | 1,902 | 53.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 43 % |
| Condé-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 573 km N | 2,494 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · 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 Orleix'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambes | 33 | 168 km N | 1,897 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gervais | 33 | 199 km N | 1,983 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aspremont | 06 | 577 km E | 2,346 | 55.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand | 33 | 193 km N | 2,051 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Virsac | 33 | 199 km N | 1,304 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Asnières-sur-Oise | 95 | 673 km N | 3,127 | 43.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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