Vidouze
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 16.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vidouze (INSEE 65462) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 230 (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 16.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 16,802 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 | 0.45 | 10 | 4.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.62 | 5 | 3.09 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 253 (2012) → 230 (2023): -9.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 241 (1990) → 230 (2023): -4.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 157, of which 19.1 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Labatut-Figuières): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Maubourguet): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Lembeye): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Lembeye): 5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Vidouze): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the MAUBOURGUET weather station, 8.1 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 253 m. [12]
The village sits 76 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at VIC EN BIGORRE, 10.8 km away at 219 m, over 29 summers. [12]
An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at MAUBOURGUET, 8.1 km away at 177 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65462/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65462/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65462/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65462/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64293
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65304
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64331
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65462
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saix | 86 | 411 km N | 250 | 22.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 % |
| Montdauphin | 77 | 658 km NE | 235 | 23.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 85 % |
| Longvilliers | 62 | 800 km N | 253 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 % |
| Lurbe-Saint-Christau | 64 | 58 km SW | 207 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vaux-sur-Somme | 80 | 747 km N | 268 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Salerne | 27 | 643 km N | 225 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lurbe-Saint-Christau | 64 | 58 km SW | 207 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saix | 86 | 411 km N | 250 | 22.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Salerne | 27 | 643 km N | 225 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 % |
| Montdauphin | 77 | 658 km NE | 235 | 23.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 85 % |
| Vaux-sur-Somme | 80 | 747 km N | 268 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 % |
| Longvilliers | 62 | 800 km N | 253 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Vidouze'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vivien | 24 | 162 km N | 240 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Loubert | 33 | 124 km N | 224 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monfaucon | 65 | 13 km E | 198 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nouilhan | 65 | 7.4 km E | 231 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-aux-Saints | 19 | 221 km NE | 257 | 20.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Coutens | 09 | 157 km E | 179 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
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