Sarrancolin

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Aure Louron · INSEE 65408

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

Partly served 55.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sarrancolin (INSEE 65408) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Aure Louron. Population 546 (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/65408-sarrancolin

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 17,525 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.3	10	2.98
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE FORGUE · PIRENEUS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DISTRIBUTION CASINO FRANCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAFE DE FRANCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE JULES). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MIREILLE HONNORE, MÉDECIN · ADÈLE MANAUD-ARMAND, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LIN MARQUIE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA NESTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL ESPLANTATS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE FORGUE · PIRENEUS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	DISTRIBUTION CASINO FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	CAFE DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE JULES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MIREILLE HONNORE, MÉDECIN · ADÈLE MANAUD-ARMAND, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LIN MARQUIE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA NESTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL ESPLANTATS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,008 2023: 546 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 592 (2012) → 546 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 684 (1990) → 546 (2023): -20.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 555, of which 30.5 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Sarrancolin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sarrancolin): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sarrancolin): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sarrancolin): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sarrancolin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.4

Days at or below 0 °C 92.9

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ARREAU BORDERES weather station, 7.6 km away at 720 m; the village itself is at 625 m. ^[9]

The village sits 95 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BAZUS-AURE, 12.3 km away at 767 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 142 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 941 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ARREAU BORDERES, 7.6 km away at 720 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65408/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65408/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65408/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65408/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65408
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
Lagrasse	11	183 km E	554	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 3 % · humidity 21 %
Estaing	12	255 km NE	502	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Vézelay	89	565 km NE	476	65.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	529 km NE	499	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Thiézac	15	292 km NE	590	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Saulge	58	522 km NE	650	57	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lagrasse	11	183 km E	554	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 3 % · humidity 21 %
Estaing	12	255 km NE	502	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Thiézac	15	292 km NE	590	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Saulge	58	522 km NE	650	57	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	529 km NE	499	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Vézelay	89	565 km NE	476	65.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Sarrancolin'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
Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez	48	305 km NE	644	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-en-Vercors	26	461 km NE	797	70.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine	63	389 km NE	534	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ruynes-en-Margeride	15	321 km NE	719	68.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Hauteroche	39	587 km NE	971	66.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pontarion	23	357 km N	357	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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