Bats

Landes · CC Chalosse Tursan · INSEE 40029

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bats (INSEE 40029) is in Landes (40), part of CC Chalosse Tursan. Population 328 (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 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,972 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	0.88	10	8.78
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

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 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE BELLOCQ). ^[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 BELLOCQ	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

1968: 239 2023: 328 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 308 (2012) → 328 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 238 (1990) → 328 (2023): 37.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 4 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km SWFood shop — 3.5 km SWGP — 3.5 km SWPharmacy — 3.6 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 (Samadet): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Samadet): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Samadet): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Samadet): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bats): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 23.9

Muggy days a summer 13.5▸

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the URGONS weather station, 2.8 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 129 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at URGONS, 2.8 km away at 146 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,017 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at URGONS, 2.8 km away at 146 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 — 40029/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40029/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40029/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40029/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40029
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
Guinglange	57	805 km NE	322	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 28 %
Sauviac	33	86 km N	333	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 %
Dehlingen	67	833 km NE	342	18.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 %
Chaudenay	52	654 km NE	338	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 14 %
Celles	17	217 km N	329	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Sempy	62	780 km N	324	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sauviac	33	86 km N	333	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 %
Celles	17	217 km N	329	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Chaudenay	52	654 km NE	338	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 14 %
Sempy	62	780 km N	324	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 14 %
Guinglange	57	805 km NE	322	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 28 %
Dehlingen	67	833 km NE	342	18.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Bats'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
Méharin	64	66 km SW	274	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Arbouet-Sussaute	64	54 km SW	313	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Luxe-Sumberraute	64	61 km SW	385	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-Villefranche	64	51 km SW	343	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Lalonquette	64	22 km SE	261	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Masparraute	64	59 km SW	264	12.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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