Gaas

Landes · CC Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans · INSEE 40101

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

Few services 22.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gaas (INSEE 40101) is in Landes (40), part of CC Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans. Population 470 (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/40101-gaas

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,934 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.87	10	8.74
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (A DOMI STYL'). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	A DOMI STYL'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 349 peak 2012: 498 2023: 470 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 498 (2012) → 470 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 342 (1990) → 470 (2023): 37.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 239, of which 7.9 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km EFood shop — 3.4 km EGP — 3.7 km EPharmacy — 7.9 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 (Pouillon): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouillon): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pouillon): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Lon-les-Mines): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gaas): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.9

Days at or below 0 °C 24.1

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DAX weather station, 9 km away at 31 m; the village itself is at 77 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DAX, 9 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,274 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at POUILLON, 2.8 km away at 77 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 — 40101/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40101/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40101/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40101/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40233
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40269
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40101
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
Calamane	46	219 km NE	471	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Sainte-Magnance	89	583 km NE	477	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %
Capelle-lès-Hesdin	62	783 km N	474	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 66 %
Pierrecourt	76	727 km N	474	19.7	No daily shops	no figures
Vismes	80	741 km N	474	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Breuil-la-Réorte	17	273 km N	470	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Calamane	46	219 km NE	471	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Breuil-la-Réorte	17	273 km N	470	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %
Sainte-Magnance	89	583 km NE	477	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %
Pierrecourt	76	727 km N	474	19.7	No daily shops	no figures
Vismes	80	741 km N	474	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Capelle-lès-Hesdin	62	783 km N	474	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 66 %

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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 Gaas'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
Loubieng	64	30 km SE	491	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Béhasque-Lapiste	64	32 km S	505	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Arraute-Charritte	64	25 km S	440	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cricq-du-Gave	40	8.9 km S	445	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Laye	33	171 km N	540	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Laà-Mondrans	64	28 km SE	423	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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