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Salles-Adour

Hautes-Pyrénées · CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées · INSEE 65401

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

Few services 36.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Salles-Adour (INSEE 65401) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 568 (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/65401-salles-adour

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,343 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0.48104.75
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE D'ADOUR). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MANON ROUX, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE CALMETTES, MÉDECIN · MYLÈNE GARCIN, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (NAT'COIFFURE · COIFFURE NATHALIE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE D'ADOURINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3MANON ROUX, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE CALMETTES, MÉDECIN · MYLÈNE GARCIN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [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]
Hairdresser2NAT'COIFFURE · COIFFURE NATHALIEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 243 peak 2017: 594 2023: 568 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 503 (2012) → 568 (2023): 12.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 358 (1990) → 568 (2023): 58.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 1.1 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.0 km N (Soues)Pharmacy — 3.4 km NW (Odos)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 3.4 km NW 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 (Salles-Adour): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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

GP (Salles-Adour): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Odos): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Salles-Adour): 0.2 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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES weather station, 8 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 359 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 8 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 1,064 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 8 km away at 360 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65401/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65401/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65401/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65401/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65401
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65433
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65331
  11. 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
Wicres59848 km N58131.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Blies-Ébersing57854 km NE61726.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Brevans39608 km NE66826.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Momères651.1 km SW72229.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vœgtlinshoffen68775 km NE47925.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %
Areines41519 km N57219.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Momères651.1 km SW72229.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Areines41519 km N57219.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Brevans39608 km NE66826.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Vœgtlinshoffen68775 km NE47925.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %
Wicres59848 km N58131.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Blies-Ébersing57854 km NE61726.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · 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 Salles-Adour'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
Momères651.1 km SW72229.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Noisy-sur-Oise95684 km N54918.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ronquerolles95685 km N90722.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Horgues650.8 km W1,28732.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bernac-Debat652.3 km SE74325.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nointel95682 km N90335.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %