Bias

Landes · CC de Mimizan · INSEE 40043

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

Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bias (INSEE 40043) is in Landes (40), part of CC de Mimizan. Population 809 (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/40043-bias

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 15,595 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.35	5	1.77

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (JEAN ARTISAN BOULANGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NOTDEAD). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AVBIAS40 · LE BIASERO). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (LN COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	JEAN ARTISAN BOULANGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	NOTDEAD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	AVBIAS40 · LE BIASERO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	BIAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	LN COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 269 2023: 809 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 728 (2012) → 809 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 505 (1990) → 809 (2023): 60.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 671, of which 32.3 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 5.6 km NGP — 7.3 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 (Bias): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bias): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mimizan): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mimizan): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bias): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40184

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
Talais	33	148 km N	764	45.1	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Antonin-du-Var	83	606 km E	870	50.1	Partly served	no figures
Serraval	74	622 km E	758	43.9	Partly served	no figures
Le Poët-Laval	26	497 km E	954	51.4	Partly served	no figures
Gonneville-sur-Honfleur	14	593 km N	859	37.1	Few services	no figures
Cardaillac	46	262 km E	623	44.4	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Talais	33	148 km N	764	45.1	Partly served	no figures
Cardaillac	46	262 km E	623	44.4	Partly served	no figures
Le Poët-Laval	26	497 km E	954	51.4	Partly served	no figures
Gonneville-sur-Honfleur	14	593 km N	859	37.1	Few services	no figures
Saint-Antonin-du-Var	83	606 km E	870	50.1	Partly served	no figures
Serraval	74	622 km E	758	43.9	Partly served	no figures

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