Bostens

Landes · CA Mont de Marsan Agglomération · INSEE 40050

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

Few services 28.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bostens (INSEE 40050) is in Landes (40), part of CA Mont de Marsan Agglomération. Population 206 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 16,113 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.88	10	8.83
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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: 131 2023: 206 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 177 (2012) → 206 (2023): 16.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 149 (1990) → 206 (2023): 38.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 94, of which 12.8 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km WBakery — 2.9 km EGP — 3.6 km SPharmacy — 7.6 km NE 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 (Pouydesseaux): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bostens): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gaillères): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Roquefort): 7.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bostens): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 47.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 61.1

Muggy days a summer 9.7

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 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROQUEFORT weather station, 7.8 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONT-DE-MARSAN, 13.1 km away at 59 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ROQUEFORT, 7.8 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 — 40050/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40050/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40050/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40050/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40234
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40050
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40245
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
Honskirch	57	787 km NE	213	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Humbercamps	62	726 km N	219	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Fromont	77	525 km NE	230	30	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Hengwiller	67	788 km NE	198	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
La Hallotière	76	632 km N	200	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 3 % · winter 61 %
Montmachoux	77	548 km NE	213	19.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fromont	77	525 km NE	230	30	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Montmachoux	77	548 km NE	213	19.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
La Hallotière	76	632 km N	200	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 3 % · winter 61 %
Humbercamps	62	726 km N	219	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Honskirch	57	787 km NE	213	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Hengwiller	67	788 km NE	198	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Bostens'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
Maillères	40	9.1 km NW	230	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Foy	40	4.7 km SE	251	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bélis	40	13 km NW	166	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Canenx-et-Réaut	40	7.4 km NW	179	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Thonac	24	165 km NE	275	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Labrihe	32	102 km E	212	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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