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Sarrouilles

Hautes-Pyrénées · CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées · INSEE 65410

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

Few services 26.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sarrouilles (INSEE 65410) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 551 (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/65410-sarrouilles

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,482 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.55105.48
Housing mix0.8854.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

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

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 360 peak 2007: 571 2023: 551 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 546 (2012) → 551 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 526 (1990) → 551 (2023): 4.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 294, of which 5.8 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.9 km W (Séméac)Bakery — 2.0 km W (Séméac)Food shop — 2.2 km W (Aureilhan)Pharmacy — 2.8 km W (Séméac)
In the commune Primary school GP — 1.9 km WBakery — 2.0 km WFood shop — 2.2 km WPharmacy — 2.8 km W 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 (Séméac): 2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Aureilhan): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Séméac): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Séméac): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Sarrouilles): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

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. [11]

Measured at the CASTELVIEILH weather station, 8 km away at 355 m; the village itself is at 357 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 11.5 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. [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, 8 km away at 355 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 — 65410/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65410/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65410/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65410/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65417
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65047
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65410
  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
Générac33223 km N54928Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Montillières-sur-Orne14649 km N55732.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Cirq82156 km NE55831.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Fontaine-l'Abbé27653 km N55125.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Beyren-lès-Sierck57840 km NE55129.4Few servicesno figures
Coupelle-Vieille62825 km N55030Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Cirq82156 km NE55831.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Générac33223 km N54928Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Montillières-sur-Orne14649 km N55732.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Fontaine-l'Abbé27653 km N55125.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Coupelle-Vieille62825 km N55030Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Beyren-lès-Sierck57840 km NE55129.4Few servicesno figures

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Armou6440 km NW60928.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Barinque6438 km NW58021.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Nieul-le-Virouil17248 km N57327.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Chay17280 km N84034.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Loire-les-Marais17318 km N38128.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien17298 km N60440.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %