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Sers

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves · INSEE 65424

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

No daily shops 16.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sers (INSEE 65424) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. Population 104 (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/65424-sers

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 10,940 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.5105
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

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

2 × Restaurant (LA FERME SAINT JUSTIN CREPERIE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (LA FERME SAINT JUSTIN CREPERIE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
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]
Restaurant2LA FERME SAINT JUSTIN CREPERIEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Campsite1LA FERME SAINT JUSTIN CREPERIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 139 2023: 104 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 105 (2012) → 104 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 104 (1990) → 104 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 205, of which 75.6 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.2 km NE (Barèges)Food shop — 2.3 km NE (Barèges)Bakery — 3.5 km SW (Luz-Saint-Sauveur)Pharmacy — 3.6 km SW (Esquièze-Sère)GP — 3.7 km SW (Luz-Saint-Sauveur)
Primary school — 2.2 km NEFood shop — 2.3 km NEBakery — 3.5 km SWPharmacy — 3.6 km SWGP — 3.7 km SW 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 (Luz-Saint-Sauveur): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Barèges): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Luz-Saint-Sauveur): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Esquièze-Sère): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Barèges): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LUZ SAINT SAUVEUR weather station, 4.2 km away at 910 m; the village itself is at 1,124 m. [11]

The village sits 214 m above 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. [11]

An average of 1,282 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BAREGES VILLE, 2.2 km away at 1,215 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 — 65424/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65424/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65424/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65424/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65295
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65481
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65168
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Melles3159 km E9511.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 88 %
Neuville-sur-Ailette02784 km N12119.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Méailles04547 km E12419.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
Lozzi2B736 km E11018.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Bethmale0983 km E10816.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 58 %
Letia2A726 km E1114.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 46 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Melles3159 km E9511.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 88 %
Bethmale0983 km E10816.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 58 %
Méailles04547 km E12419.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
Letia2A726 km E1114.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 46 %
Lozzi2B736 km E11018.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Neuville-sur-Ailette02784 km N12119.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %

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