Cassen

Landes · CC Terres de Chalosse · INSEE 40068

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

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cassen (INSEE 40068) is in Landes (40), part of CC Terres de Chalosse. Population 624 (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/40068-cassen

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 16,857 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.48	5	2.39

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 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (MAE PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE CASSEN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ECRIN BEAUTE BY JUSTINE). ^[3,4]

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. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	MAE PIZZA	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)	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	1	MEDIATHEQUE DE CASSEN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	L'ECRIN BEAUTE BY JUSTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 335 2023: 624 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 567 (2012) → 624 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 339 (1990) → 624 (2023): 84.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 395, of which 26.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km NFood shop — 3.2 km SGP — 3.4 km SPharmacy — 5.9 km S 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 (Vicq-d'Auribat): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gamarde-les-Bains): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gamarde-les-Bains): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montfort-en-Chalosse): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33.4

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 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, 6.8 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at DAX, 18.6 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,171 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at POYARTIN, 6.8 km away at 47 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 — 40068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40324
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40104
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40068
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
Ervauville	45	565 km NE	561	31.7	Few services	no figures
Aromas	39	572 km NE	580	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 19 % · humidity 0 %
Ailhon	07	425 km E	553	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Philbert-des-Champs	14	612 km N	639	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 81 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille	30	391 km E	513	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle	30	404 km E	589	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille	30	391 km E	513	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle	30	404 km E	589	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 7 %
Ailhon	07	425 km E	553	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Ervauville	45	565 km NE	561	31.7	Few services	no figures
Aromas	39	572 km NE	580	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 19 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Philbert-des-Champs	14	612 km N	639	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 81 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Cassen'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
Hagetaubin	64	34 km SE	568	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Arrossa	64	69 km SW	543	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Colombe	40	26 km E	633	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Poyartin	40	8.2 km S	776	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montsoué	40	29 km E	566	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Castelnau-Chalosse	40	11 km S	593	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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