Séméac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Séméac (INSEE 65417) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 5,236 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/65417-semeac
Vitality score
Vitality score 53.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 53 % of the 4,490 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 | 0.54 | 25 | 13.44 |
| Social | 0.66 | 20 | 13.11 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.68 | 10 | 6.82 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.77 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · SARL LES 2 A-MIE · LA MAISON DU TOURTEAU · LES DELICES DE L'AURORE · PATISSERIE GERIN). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (GRAND FRAIS · ALIYEV SULEYMAN). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DES 3 COMMUNES). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (CHRISTMY · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (LES 2' ZN · ROYAL DE TARBES · MELEE PETITS PLATS DANS LES GRANDS · L ANDRON). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE TXIKI). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN BOUSQUET). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ARBIZON-MONTAIGU). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL VALERY). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BEATRICE DUJARDIN-PERES, MÉDECIN · LAURE VIRIDEAU, MÉDECIN · LINE BORONA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PARENT COLLIN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ALBERT CAMUS). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE CULTUREL LEO LAGRANGE · SALLE MULTISPORT · INSTALLATION DU COLLEGE). [3]
3 × Bank (SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PYRENEES GASCOGNE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (FLORYSE COIFFURE · ATTITUDE COIFFURE · L'HAIR DU TEMPS). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL ECO LOGIS ESPACE BELLEVUE PYRENEES · FASTHÔTEL TARBES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · SARL LES 2 A-MIE · LA MAISON DU TOURTEAU · LES DELICES DE L'AURORE · PATISSERIE GERIN | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | GRAND FRAIS · ALIYEV SULEYMAN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | EPICERIE DES 3 COMMUNES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | CHRISTMY · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 10 | LES 2' ZN · ROYAL DE TARBES · MELEE PETITS PLATS DANS LES GRANDS · L ANDRON | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE TXIKI | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN BOUSQUET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ARBIZON-MONTAIGU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PAUL VALERY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | BEATRICE DUJARDIN-PERES, MÉDECIN · LAURE VIRIDEAU, MÉDECIN · LINE BORONA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE PARENT COLLIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 ALBERT CAMUS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | CENTRE CULTUREL LEO LAGRANGE · SALLE MULTISPORT · INSTALLATION DU COLLEGE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PYRENEES GASCOGNE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 3 | FLORYSE COIFFURE · ATTITUDE COIFFURE · L'HAIR DU TEMPS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL ECO LOGIS ESPACE BELLEVUE PYRENEES · FASTHÔTEL TARBES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 4,632 (2012) → 5,236 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 4,428 (1990) → 5,236 (2023): 18.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,803, of which 2.3 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Séméac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Séméac): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Séméac): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Séméac): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Séméac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [9]
Measured at the TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES weather station, 9.6 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 321 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 9.6 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 1,064 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 9.6 km away at 360 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 — 65417/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65417/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65417/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65417/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65417
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barberaz | 73 | 532 km NE | 5,306 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 % |
| Valdoie | 90 | 720 km NE | 5,175 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 % |
| Brou-sur-Chantereine | 77 | 658 km N | 5,196 | 56.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 % |
| Mériel | 95 | 670 km N | 5,347 | 46.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cormelles-le-Royal | 14 | 660 km N | 5,377 | 54.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 % |
| Rungis | 94 | 638 km N | 5,611 | 65.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barberaz | 73 | 532 km NE | 5,306 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 % |
| Rungis | 94 | 638 km N | 5,611 | 65.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 % |
| Brou-sur-Chantereine | 77 | 658 km N | 5,196 | 56.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 % |
| Cormelles-le-Royal | 14 | 660 km N | 5,377 | 54.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 % |
| Mériel | 95 | 670 km N | 5,347 | 46.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Valdoie | 90 | 720 km NE | 5,175 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · 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 Séméac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mériel | 95 | 670 km N | 5,347 | 46.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Prix | 95 | 664 km N | 7,612 | 54.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bessancourt | 95 | 666 km N | 8,869 | 55.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Andilly | 95 | 664 km N | 2,742 | 56.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Méry-sur-Oise | 95 | 668 km N | 9,983 | 55.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auvers-sur-Oise | 95 | 669 km N | 6,863 | 55.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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