Viey
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 0/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Viey (INSEE 65469) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. Population 17 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 0/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 1 % of the 631 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
| 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) | 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 26 (2012) → 17 (2023): -34.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 34 (1990) → 17 (2023): -50 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 52, of which 67.3 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Luz-Saint-Sauveur): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Esquièze-Sère): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Luz-Saint-Sauveur): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Esquièze-Sère): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Esquièze-Sère): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LUZ SAINT SAUVEUR weather station, 3 km away at 910 m; the village itself is at 940 m. [10]
An average of 1,185 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LUZ SAINT SAUVEUR, 3 km away at 910 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65469/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65469/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65469/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65469/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65295
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65168
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrano | 2B | 769 km E | 16 | 2.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 % |
| Oulles | 38 | 535 km NE | 17 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 14 % |
| Les Tonils | 26 | 457 km NE | 16 | 3.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 42 % |
| Sode | 31 | 49 km E | 18 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 15 % |
| Campagna-de-Sault | 11 | 166 km E | 20 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 58 % |
| Voncourt | 52 | 695 km NE | 17 | 1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 82 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sode | 31 | 49 km E | 18 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 15 % |
| Campagna-de-Sault | 11 | 166 km E | 20 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 58 % |
| Les Tonils | 26 | 457 km NE | 16 | 3.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 42 % |
| Oulles | 38 | 535 km NE | 17 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 14 % |
| Voncourt | 52 | 695 km NE | 17 | 1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 82 % |
| Tarrano | 2B | 769 km E | 16 | 2.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 % |
Elsewhere
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