Le Frêche

Landes · CC du Pays de Villeneuve en Armagnac Landais · INSEE 40100

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

Partly served 42.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Frêche (INSEE 40100) is in Landes (40), part of CC du Pays de Villeneuve en Armagnac Landais. Population 367 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/40100-le-freche

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 18,049 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.44	10	4.36
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SGX DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE FRECHE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DU FRECHE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SGX DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	LE FRECHE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DU FRECHE	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	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: 529 2023: 367 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 385 (2012) → 367 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 392 (1990) → 367 (2023): -6.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 219, of which 10 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km SBakery — 5.3 km NGP — 5.3 km NPharmacy — 5.9 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 (Saint-Justin): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Frêche): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Justin): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Labastide-d'Armagnac): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Frêche): 0 km to the north-west (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 8.2

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. ^[11]

Measured at the ROQUEFORT weather station, 13.7 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CREON D'ARMAGNAC, 17 km away at 150 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 50 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LABASTIDE-D AR, 2.7 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40100/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40100/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40100/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40100/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40267
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40100
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40131
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
Saint-Pastour	47	91 km NE	379	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Plaisir	03	390 km NE	422	37	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre	03	415 km NE	371	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Deux-Chaises	03	374 km NE	377	30	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Solférino	40	59 km NW	374	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Poilley	35	510 km N	394	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Solférino	40	59 km NW	374	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pastour	47	91 km NE	379	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Deux-Chaises	03	374 km NE	377	30	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Plaisir	03	390 km NE	422	37	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre	03	415 km NE	371	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Poilley	35	510 km N	394	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · 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 Le Frêche'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
Sarrant	32	95 km E	358	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère	24	160 km NE	431	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cachen	40	22 km NW	233	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Solomiac	32	92 km E	496	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Paunat	24	139 km NE	320	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lacquy	40	3.6 km NW	289	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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