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Belhade

Landes · CC Coeur Haute Lande · INSEE 40032

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

Few services 26.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Belhade (INSEE 40032) is in Landes (40), part of CC Coeur Haute Lande. Population 227 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/40032-belhade

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 16,726 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.5352.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ MALLY · LESPES). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BELHADE AP). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2CHEZ MALLY · LESPESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BELHADE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 134 2023: 227 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 200 (2012) → 227 (2023): 13.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 101 (1990) → 227 (2023): 124.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 145, of which 23.4 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmFood shop — 6.5 km W (Moustey)Primary school — 6.5 km W (Moustey)Bakery — 10.2 km SE (Sore)Pharmacy — 10.2 km SE (Sore)GP — 10.3 km SE (Sore)
Food shop — 6.5 km WPrimary school — 6.5 km WBakery — 10.2 km SEPharmacy — 10.2 km SEGP — 10.3 km SE 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 (Sore): 10.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Moustey): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Sore): 10.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Sore): 10.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Moustey): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the PISSOS weather station, 10.9 km away at 56 m; the village itself is at 56 m. [10]

An average of 1,014 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at SORE, 8.1 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 222,575 € — 1,923 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Landes is 2,237 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40032/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40032/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40032/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40032/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40307
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40200
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Fresne-Poret50482 km N22616.2No daily shopsno figures
Obterre36312 km NE22415.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 80 %
Chauvigny-du-Perche41421 km N23017.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 96 %
Les Grands-Chézeaux87273 km NE22515.9No daily shopsno figures
Urciers36325 km NE23616.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 93 %
Chamborand23265 km NE24117.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 78 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chamborand23265 km NE24117.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 78 %
Les Grands-Chézeaux87273 km NE22515.9No daily shopsno figures
Obterre36312 km NE22415.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 80 %
Urciers36325 km NE23616.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 93 %
Chauvigny-du-Perche41421 km N23017.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 96 %
Le Fresne-Poret50482 km N22616.2No daily shopsno figures

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