Gastes

Landes · CC des Grands Lacs · INSEE 40108

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

Partly served 44.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gastes (INSEE 40108) is in Landes (40), part of CC des Grands Lacs. Population 925 (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/40108-gastes

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 14,834 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.27	5	1.35

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DU LAC). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (TIMBERLANDES · RESTAURANT LA PAILLOTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (FAFA A DOMICILE · ABY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (LA RESERVE · CAMPING LES PRES VERTS · CAMPING LES ECHASSES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	1	DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	TIMBERLANDES · RESTAURANT LA PAILLOTE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	2	FAFA A DOMICILE · ABY COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	3	LA RESERVE · CAMPING LES PRES VERTS · CAMPING LES ECHASSES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 205 2023: 925 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 627 (2012) → 925 (2023): 47.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 368 (1990) → 925 (2023): 151.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 737, of which 36.5 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km SWBakery — 6.1 km SWGP — 6.2 km NEPharmacy — 6.4 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 (Sainte-Eulalie-en-Born): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gastes): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Parentis-en-Born): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Parentis-en-Born): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gastes): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.3

Days at or below 0 °C 11.9▸

Muggy days a summer 12.2▸

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BISCARROSSE weather station, 14.2 km away at 35 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BISCARROSSE, 14.2 km away at 35 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,104 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SANGUINET BOULU, 11.1 km away at 42 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 — 40108/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40108/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40108/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40108/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40257
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40108
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40217
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
Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna	2B	835 km E	1,024	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Dragey-Ronthon	50	488 km N	785	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %
Pietracorbara	2B	867 km E	652	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Plaine	67	782 km NE	983	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 43 % · humidity 21 %
Naujac-sur-Mer	33	104 km N	1,107	44	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Vézac	24	192 km E	533	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 69 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Naujac-sur-Mer	33	104 km N	1,107	44	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Vézac	24	192 km E	533	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 69 % · humidity 29 %
Dragey-Ronthon	50	488 km N	785	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %
Plaine	67	782 km NE	983	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 43 % · humidity 21 %
Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna	2B	835 km E	1,024	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Pietracorbara	2B	867 km E	652	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 88 % · 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 Gastes'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
Sainte-Eulalie-en-Born	40	6.6 km SW	1,443	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Trojan-les-Bains	17	169 km N	1,121	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Tanneron	83	647 km E	1,750	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Couarde-sur-Mer	17	209 km N	1,112	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Gorbio	06	689 km E	1,609	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ars-en-Ré	17	211 km N	1,314	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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