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Candresse

Landes · CA du Grand Dax · INSEE 40063

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Candresse (INSEE 40063) is in Landes (40), part of CA du Grand Dax. Population 872 (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/40063-candresse

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 15,175 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.78

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

1 × Restaurant (LOU KAS DALL). [3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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]
Restaurant1LOU KAS DALLINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 403 2023: 872 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 784 (2012) → 872 (2023): 11.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 526 (1990) → 872 (2023): 65.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 416, of which 2.2 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.8 km W (Yzosse)Pharmacy — 3.4 km S (Saugnac-et-Cambran)Food shop — 3.5 km S (Saugnac-et-Cambran)GP — 3.5 km SW (Narrosse)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km WPharmacy — 3.4 km SFood shop — 3.5 km SGP — 3.5 km SW 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 (Yzosse): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saugnac-et-Cambran): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Narrosse): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saugnac-et-Cambran): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Candresse): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the POYARTIN weather station, 7.6 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 10 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at DAX, 7.7 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 1,189 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at PONTONX, 7.2 km away at 12 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40063/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40063/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40063/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40063/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40334
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40294
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40202
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40063
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Savas-Mépin38518 km NE88332.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Bours6599 km SE88231.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Augustin62810 km N88033.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %
Écrosnes28576 km N86928.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
La Rue-Saint-Pierre60681 km N85530.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Villerbon41475 km N84930.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bours6599 km SE88231.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Villerbon41475 km N84930.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %
Savas-Mépin38518 km NE88332.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Écrosnes28576 km N86928.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
La Rue-Saint-Pierre60681 km N85530.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Augustin62810 km N88033.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 93 % · 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 Candresse'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Téthieu404.3 km N75832.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Poyartin409.6 km E77630.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vignau4056 km E52230.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Montsoué4038 km E56626.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Préchacq-les-Bains407.5 km NE80838.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sort-en-Chalosse405.2 km SE88529.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %