Castets

Landes · CC Côte Landes Nature · INSEE 40075

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

Partly served 57.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Castets (INSEE 40075) is in Landes (40), part of CC Côte Landes Nature. Population 2,516 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/40075-castets

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 8,207 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	0.52	25	12.95
Social	0.49	20	9.89
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.96	10	9.64
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN D ICI · PATISSERIE BOULANGERIE LAFARGUE/ MA · LA LINXOISE). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (INTERMARCHE · BIOFRANCE40). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (MCDONALD S · LES FORGES · LE RELAIS DE CASTETS · AU POULET DORE · LA TCHANKA). ^[3,4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICK MERLIN, MÉDECIN · LÉO NADAL, MÉDECIN · ANNE VIGNEAU, MÉDECIN · CARMELO LARRANAGA-ARREGUI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (LA PHARMACIE DU MARENSIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (LUDO-MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CASTETS). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (KURSAAL). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE CASTETS). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (NUANCES COIFFURE · AU PETIT SALON). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (GREET). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LE PAIN D ICI · PATISSERIE BOULANGERIE LAFARGUE/ MA · LA LINXOISE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	INTERMARCHE · BIOFRANCE40	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	MCDONALD S · LES FORGES · LE RELAIS DE CASTETS · AU POULET DORE · LA TCHANKA	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	PATRICK MERLIN, MÉDECIN · LÉO NADAL, MÉDECIN · ANNE VIGNEAU, MÉDECIN · CARMELO LARRANAGA-ARREGUI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	LA PHARMACIE DU MARENSIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	LUDO-MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CASTETS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	KURSAAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE CASTETS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	NUANCES COIFFURE · AU PETIT SALON	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	GREET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,494 2023: 2,516 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,989 (2012) → 2,516 (2023): 26.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,719 (1990) → 2,516 (2023): 46.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,320, of which 7.5 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 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 (Castets): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Castets): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Castets): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Castets): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Castets): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32.3

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

Muggy days a summer 8.4

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BOOS weather station, 10.7 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 52 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at RION-DES-LANDES, 16 km away at 77 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,217 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BOOS, 10.7 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40075/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40075/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40075/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40075/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40075
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
Jujurieux	01	569 km NE	2,260	48.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups	85	305 km N	2,585	46.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Domagné	35	466 km N	2,491	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Foug	54	754 km NE	2,628	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Brains	44	368 km N	2,709	49.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Jean-de-Liversay	17	266 km N	3,063	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jean-de-Liversay	17	266 km N	3,063	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups	85	305 km N	2,585	46.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Brains	44	368 km N	2,709	49.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Domagné	35	466 km N	2,491	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Jujurieux	01	569 km NE	2,260	48.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Foug	54	754 km NE	2,628	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Castets'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
Labastidette	31	198 km E	2,930	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Clairac	47	133 km NE	2,606	54.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Belpech	11	246 km E	1,343	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Maubourguet	65	106 km SE	2,242	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pavie	32	143 km E	2,566	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Force	24	163 km NE	2,702	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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