Biaudos

Landes · CC du Seignanx · INSEE 40044

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

Few services 33.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Biaudos (INSEE 40044) is in Landes (40), part of CC du Seignanx. Population 1,041 (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/40044-biaudos

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 14,079 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (FC PIZZA · ETHINAMA · PIU NOSTRA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BIAUDOS RPC RP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CHANTAL COIFFURE · ENTRE NOUS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	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	4	FC PIZZA · ETHINAMA · PIU NOSTRA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	BIAUDOS RPC RP	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	CHANTAL COIFFURE · ENTRE NOUS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 457 2023: 1,041 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 874 (2012) → 1,041 (2023): 19.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 544 (1990) → 1,041 (2023): 91.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 479, of which 2.5 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km NEGP — 4.0 km WPharmacy — 4.5 km NEFood shop — 5.4 km E 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 (Saint-Martin-de-Hinx): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-André-de-Seignanx): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-de-Hinx): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Biaudos): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

Muggy days a summer 21▸

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST MARTIN HINX weather station, 2.3 km away at 37 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 21 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST M HINX STNA-INRAE, 2.3 km away at 37 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,438 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST MARTIN HINX, 2.3 km away at 37 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 — 40044/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40044/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40044/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40044/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40272
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40271
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40044
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
Vaumoise	60	712 km NE	998	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 72 %
Catenoy	60	710 km NE	1,125	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 %
Val-d'Ornain	55	762 km NE	952	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Le Burgaud	31	200 km E	944	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 92 %
Cravant	45	525 km NE	946	30.6	Few services	no figures
Chançay	37	466 km N	1,122	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Burgaud	31	200 km E	944	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 92 %
Chançay	37	466 km N	1,122	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %
Cravant	45	525 km NE	946	30.6	Few services	no figures
Catenoy	60	710 km NE	1,125	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 %
Vaumoise	60	712 km NE	998	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 72 %
Val-d'Ornain	55	762 km NE	952	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · 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 Biaudos'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
Orthevielle	40	13 km E	1,073	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Orthe	40	11 km NE	740	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Josse	40	12 km NE	1,018	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse	40	3.5 km SE	745	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Port-de-Lanne	40	10 km E	1,232	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Orx	40	7.8 km NW	647	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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