Sarlabous
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 14.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sarlabous (INSEE 65405) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC du Plateau de Lannemezan. Population 79 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 14.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 63 % of the 8,383 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.75 |
| Housing mix | 0.45 | 5 | 2.26 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MON PETIT FOURNIL). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE LE MOULIN DES BARONNIES). [3]
Not found in the commune: 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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MON PETIT FOURNIL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | AIRE NATURELLE LE MOULIN DES BARONNIES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 74 (2012) → 79 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 81 (1990) → 79 (2023): -2.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 62, of which 27.4 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sarlabous): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mauvezin): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Capvern): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Capvern): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Bourg-de-Bigorre): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LOMNE_SAPC weather station, 4.2 km away at 447 m; the village itself is at 494 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CAMPISTROUS, 9.2 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 99 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,226 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at LOMNE_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 447 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65405/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65405/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65405/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65405/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65405
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65306
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65127
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65105
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel-de-Vax | 81 | 168 km NE | 79 | 17 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cornay | 08 | 780 km NE | 69 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 % |
| Montseron | 09 | 85 km E | 100 | 21.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Signy-Montlibert | 08 | 819 km NE | 93 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 81 % |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Martial | 23 | 353 km N | 79 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bard-le-Régulier | 21 | 552 km NE | 73 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montseron | 09 | 85 km E | 100 | 21.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Michel-de-Vax | 81 | 168 km NE | 79 | 17 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Martial | 23 | 353 km N | 79 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bard-le-Régulier | 21 | 552 km NE | 73 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cornay | 08 | 780 km NE | 69 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 % |
| Signy-Montlibert | 08 | 819 km NE | 93 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 81 % |
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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 Sarlabous'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmadalès | 24 | 190 km N | 83 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vaux-Lavalette | 16 | 261 km N | 79 | 6.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lespugue | 31 | 36 km NE | 75 | 6.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bourg-des-Maisons | 24 | 252 km N | 73 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Banios | 65 | 5.0 km SW | 66 | 12 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Montmoreau | 24 | 265 km N | 75 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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