Bénesse-lès-Dax

Landes · CA du Grand Dax · INSEE 40035

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

Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bénesse-lès-Dax (INSEE 40035) is in Landes (40), part of CA du Grand Dax. Population 598 (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/40035-benesse-les-dax

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 17,075 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	9.99
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (SARL RESTO CHEZ SIMONE). ^[3,4]

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, 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	1	SARL RESTO CHEZ SIMONE	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)	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: 346 2023: 598 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 527 (2012) → 598 (2023): 13.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 399 (1990) → 598 (2023): 49.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 303, of which 4.3 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.1 km NGP — 4.7 km NWFood shop — 4.9 km NWBakery — 5.1 km SEPharmacy — 5.6 km N 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 (Pouillon): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Oeyreluy): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Oeyreluy): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dax): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Pandelon): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.9

Days at or below 0 °C 24.1

Muggy days a summer 15.8▸

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DAX weather station, 5.9 km away at 31 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DAX, 5.9 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,274 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at POUILLON, 4.5 km away at 77 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 — 40035/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40035/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40035/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40035/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40233
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40207
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40277
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
Joué-en-Charnie	72	491 km N	589	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Villard-Saint-Sauveur	39	622 km NE	585	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 34 % · humidity 0 %
La Vergne	17	261 km N	611	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 7 %
Availles-sur-Seiche	35	481 km N	630	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Roches-sur-Marne	52	724 km NE	582	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Courteuil	60	676 km NE	581	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Vergne	17	261 km N	611	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 7 %
Availles-sur-Seiche	35	481 km N	630	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Joué-en-Charnie	72	491 km N	589	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Villard-Saint-Sauveur	39	622 km NE	585	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 34 % · humidity 0 %
Courteuil	60	676 km NE	581	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Roches-sur-Marne	52	724 km NE	582	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Bénesse-lès-Dax'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
Halsou	64	43 km SW	589	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pandelon	40	3.2 km N	749	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Tizac-de-Lapouyade	33	170 km N	477	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Amendeuix-Oneix	64	33 km S	472	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Savignac-de-l'Isle	33	163 km NE	612	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bahus-Soubiran	40	55 km E	394	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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