Villelongue

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves · INSEE 65473

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 31.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villelongue (INSEE 65473) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. Population 347 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/65473-villelongue

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 18,047 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.09
Housing mix	0.25	5	1.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (ROTISSERIE FRANCONVILLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	ROTISSERIE FRANCONVILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 404 2023: 347 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 400 (2012) → 347 (2023): -13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 313 (1990) → 347 (2023): 10.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 313, of which 37.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.2 km WFood shop — 1.2 km NWPharmacy — 6.3 km NGP — 6.6 km NW 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 (Soulom): 1.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pierrefitte-Nestalas): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Argelès-Gazost): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Argelès-Gazost): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villelongue): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.5

Days at or below 0 °C 31.7

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the AYROS ARBOUIX weather station, 5 km away at 478 m; the village itself is at 503 m. ^[12]

An average of 1,085 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at AYROS ARBOUIX, 5 km away at 478 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 — 65473/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65473/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65473/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65473/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65435
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65362
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65473
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
Saint-Martin-d'Arc	73	579 km NE	298	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 16 %
Soulom	65	1.1 km W	293	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Palau-de-Cerdagne	66	176 km E	405	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 41 %
Avrieux	73	597 km NE	386	17.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 %
Combes	34	262 km E	318	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 64 %
Cipières	06	575 km E	393	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Soulom	65	1.1 km W	293	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Palau-de-Cerdagne	66	176 km E	405	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 41 %
Combes	34	262 km E	318	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 64 %
Cipières	06	575 km E	393	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Martin-d'Arc	73	579 km NE	298	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 16 %
Avrieux	73	597 km NE	386	17.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 %

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