Sénac
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 24/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sénac (INSEE 65418) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 294 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 24/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 60 % of the 17,792 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.93 | 10 | 9.34 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 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 | 2 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 275 (2012) → 294 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 205 (1990) → 294 (2023): 43.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 134, of which 2.2 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rabastens-de-Bigorre): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rabastens-de-Bigorre): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Rabastens-de-Bigorre): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Rabastens-de-Bigorre): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Sénac): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CASTELVIEILH weather station, 8 km away at 355 m; the village itself is at 274 m. [10]
The village sits 81 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 11.3 km away at 219 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 55 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 863 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at RABASTENS DE B, 4.3 km away at 217 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
19 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 159,000 € — 832 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Hautes-Pyrénées is 1,521 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65418/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65418/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65418/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65418/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65375
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65418
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charmentray | 77 | 653 km N | 291 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 % |
| Gomer | 64 | 32 km W | 298 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 % |
| Château-Rouge | 57 | 822 km NE | 296 | 24.9 | Few services | no figures |
| Venouse | 89 | 573 km NE | 288 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 50 % |
| Rebeuville | 88 | 699 km NE | 294 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 11 % · humidity 50 % |
| Nourard-le-Franc | 60 | 703 km N | 301 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gomer | 64 | 32 km W | 298 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 % |
| Venouse | 89 | 573 km NE | 288 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 50 % |
| Charmentray | 77 | 653 km N | 291 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 % |
| Rebeuville | 88 | 699 km NE | 294 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 11 % · humidity 50 % |
| Nourard-le-Franc | 60 | 703 km N | 301 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 % |
| Château-Rouge | 57 | 822 km NE | 296 | 24.9 | Few services | no figures |
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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 Sénac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souyeaux | 65 | 13 km S | 296 | 24.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lusignan-Petit | 47 | 105 km N | 353 | 22.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fours | 33 | 212 km N | 260 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dours | 65 | 7.6 km SW | 225 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chis | 65 | 8.6 km SW | 297 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sedzère | 64 | 29 km W | 406 | 20.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
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