Souyeaux

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC des Coteaux du Val d'Arros · INSEE 65436

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

Few services 24.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souyeaux (INSEE 65436) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC des Coteaux du Val d'Arros. Population 296 (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 24.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,802 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	0.97	10	9.73
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 149 peak 2017: 306 2023: 296 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 301 (2012) → 296 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 201 (1990) → 296 (2023): 47.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 148, of which 4.1 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km SGP — 3.7 km NPharmacy — 3.7 km NBakery — 5.8 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): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lespouey): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pouyastruc): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pouyastruc): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Souyeaux): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.9

Days at or below 0 °C 21.3

Muggy days a summer 6.5

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. ^[12]

Measured at the CASTELVIEILH weather station, 5.2 km away at 355 m; the village itself is at 310 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 15.3 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CASTELVIEILH, 5.2 km away at 355 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

19 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 194,563 € — 1,230 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Hautes-Pyrénées is 1,521 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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 — 65436/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65436/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65436/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65436/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65417
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65270
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65369
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65436
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
Pressy	62	822 km N	298	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Brissay-Choigny	02	761 km N	296	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %
Franqueville	27	661 km N	300	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Villers-Carbonnel	80	766 km N	294	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Bioncourt	57	780 km NE	300	18.3	No daily shops	no figures
Esquay-sur-Seulles	14	673 km N	299	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Franqueville	27	661 km N	300	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Esquay-sur-Seulles	14	673 km N	299	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Brissay-Choigny	02	761 km N	296	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %
Villers-Carbonnel	80	766 km N	294	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Bioncourt	57	780 km NE	300	18.3	No daily shops	no figures
Pressy	62	822 km N	298	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · 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 Souyeaux'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
Sénac	65	13 km N	294	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bournos	64	51 km NW	338	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lussac	16	292 km N	292	11.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Dours	65	6.7 km NW	225	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Tourtrol	09	133 km E	238	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Sedze-Maubecq	64	27 km NW	225	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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