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Cauneille

Landes · CC Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans · INSEE 40077

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

Partly served 44.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cauneille (INSEE 40077) is in Landes (40), part of CC Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans. Population 804 (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/40077-cauneille

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 15,622 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 food0.422510.54
Social0.49209.82
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.68106.84
Housing mix0.8954.44

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 0 of 4
Public services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES CHEMINS DU PAIN). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CAUVALYS). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SNC LE HAOU · EL ASADOR · BAPI FOODS · LA BICOQUE DE PEPETTE). [3,4]

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)1LES CHEMINS DU PAININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1CAUVALYSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4SNC LE HAOU · EL ASADOR · BAPI FOODS · LA BICOQUE DE PEPETTEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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 station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 617 peak 2012: 819 2023: 804 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 819 (2012) → 804 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 679 (1990) → 804 (2023): 18.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 395, of which 5.6 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.8 km E (Cauneille)Food shop — 1.0 km W (Cauneille)Pharmacy — 2.4 km W (Peyrehorade)GP — 3.5 km W (Peyrehorade)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.8 km EFood shop — 1.0 km WPharmacy — 2.4 km WGP — 3.5 km W 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 (Cauneille): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cauneille): 1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Peyrehorade): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Peyrehorade): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Cauneille): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the PEYREHORADE LER weather station, 3.3 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 14 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at DAX, 16 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 1,324 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PEYREHORADE LER, 3.3 km away at 5 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40077/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40077/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40077/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40077/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40077
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40224
  10. 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
Les Ayvelles08817 km NE85142.1Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Pierre-Bois67840 km NE80438.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 %
Poueyferré6593 km SE82738.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Sauveur24197 km NE84942.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Le Mesnil-Théribus60681 km N77035.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Monts-sur-Orne61582 km N87434.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Poueyferré6593 km SE82738.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Sauveur24197 km NE84942.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Monts-sur-Orne61582 km N87434.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Le Mesnil-Théribus60681 km N77035.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Les Ayvelles08817 km NE85142.1Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Pierre-Bois67840 km NE80438.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 58 % · 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 Cauneille'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
Came649.0 km SW1,02434.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Biron6427 km E59546Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pandelon4014 km N74928.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Argagnon6432 km E69036.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sablons33179 km N1,31428.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bonzac33176 km N80522.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %