Gaujacq

Landes · CC Coteaux et Vallées des Luys · INSEE 40109

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

No daily shops 18.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gaujacq (INSEE 40109) is in Landes (40), part of CC Coteaux et Vallées des Luys. Population 437 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 18.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 17,936 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	0.48	10	4.8
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE PAUL LACOSTE). ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE PAUL LACOSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 501 2023: 437 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 449 (2012) → 437 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 446 (1990) → 437 (2023): -2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 3.9 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km EBakery — 5.3 km SGP — 5.4 km SPharmacy — 5.6 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 (Amou): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brassempouy): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Amou): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Amou): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gaujacq): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.2

Days at or below 0 °C 36.6

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AMOU LATEOULERE weather station, 3.3 km away at 48 m; the village itself is at 70 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,154 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AMOU LATEOULERE, 3.3 km away at 48 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 — 40109/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40109/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40109/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40109/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40002
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40109
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
Latrape	31	170 km E	444	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 82 %
Bérenx	64	18 km SW	428	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Cauna	40	18 km NE	418	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Malaussanne	64	23 km E	450	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Haudricourt	76	703 km N	461	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 84 %
Noilhan	32	135 km E	388	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bérenx	64	18 km SW	428	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Cauna	40	18 km NE	418	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Malaussanne	64	23 km E	450	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Noilhan	32	135 km E	388	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Latrape	31	170 km E	444	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 82 %
Haudricourt	76	703 km N	461	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 84 %

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