Bégaar

Landes · CC du Pays Tarusate · INSEE 40031

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

Few services 38.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bégaar (INSEE 40031) is in Landes (40), part of CC du Pays Tarusate. Population 1,251 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/40031-begaar

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 12,975 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.75	10	7.51
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (BOULANGERIE ARTISANALE BD - LE DELI). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (NETTO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT PROVENCAL · MC DONALD'S). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANA CARMEN CAMPOS AZNAR, MÉDECIN · ANDREA GARCIA ZAMORA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BEGAAR). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LINEA COIFFURE · LE SALON D AURELIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE ARTISANALE BD - LE DELI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	NETTO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LE P'TIT PROVENCAL · MC DONALD'S	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANA CARMEN CAMPOS AZNAR, MÉDECIN · ANDREA GARCIA ZAMORA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BEGAAR	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	2	LINEA COIFFURE · LE SALON D AURELIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 946 2023: 1,251 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,091 (2012) → 1,251 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,000 (1990) → 1,251 (2023): 25.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 617, of which 3.6 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.2 km NEBakery — 1.3 km NEPharmacy — 7.6 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 (Bégaar): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bégaar): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bégaar): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pontonx-sur-l'Adour): 7.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bégaar): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 42.7

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

Muggy days a summer 10.5▸

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 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BEGAAR weather station, 1.6 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at RION-DES-LANDES, 13.2 km away at 77 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 61 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,094 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BEGAAR, 1.6 km away at 19 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 — 40031/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40031/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40031/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40031/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40230
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
Le Bosc	34	341 km E	1,435	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 71 %
Toulon-sur-Allier	03	446 km NE	1,166	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 %
Chazey-sur-Ain	01	533 km NE	1,632	38.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 29 %
Hauville	27	632 km N	1,247	27.7	Few services	no figures
Sonnay	38	486 km E	1,234	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Mariens	33	148 km N	1,639	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Mariens	33	148 km N	1,639	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Le Bosc	34	341 km E	1,435	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 71 %
Toulon-sur-Allier	03	446 km NE	1,166	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 %
Sonnay	38	486 km E	1,234	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 36 %
Chazey-sur-Ain	01	533 km NE	1,632	38.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 29 %
Hauville	27	632 km N	1,247	27.7	Few services	no figures

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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 Bégaar'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
Meilhan	40	12 km E	1,237	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Auradé	32	156 km E	679	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Valence-sur-Baïse	32	99 km E	1,147	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel-de-Rieufret	33	95 km N	868	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Duravel	46	172 km NE	950	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Fleix	24	146 km NE	1,488	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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