Hontanx

Landes · CC du Pays de Villeneuve en Armagnac Landais · INSEE 40127

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

Partly served 47.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hontanx (INSEE 40127) is in Landes (40), part of CC du Pays de Villeneuve en Armagnac Landais. Population 608 (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/40127-hontanx

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 90 % of the 16,983 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.69	10	6.85
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

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 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BERGES). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (CHEZ POLO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BERGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	CHEZ POLO	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	HONTANX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 582 2023: 608 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 537 (2012) → 608 (2023): 13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 513 (1990) → 608 (2023): 18.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 331, of which 5.4 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 7.3 km WGP — 8.1 km EPharmacy — 9.3 km SE 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 (Hontanx): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Castandet): 7.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Monguilhem): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Houga): 9.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Hontanx): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.2

Days at or below 0 °C 36.3

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 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GRENADE-SUR-AD weather station, 13.5 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[12]

An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARTHEZ BOURG, 8 km away at 93 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

41 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 155,000 € — 1,188 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Landes is 2,237 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40127/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40127/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40127/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40127/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40127
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32271
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32155
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Grand-Brassac	24	174 km N	555	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Terregatte	50	534 km N	645	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 96 %
Lacropte	24	161 km NE	699	38.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 %
Pontaubault	50	541 km N	579	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 88 %
Zouafques	62	797 km N	592	47.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre	79	267 km N	589	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lacropte	24	161 km NE	699	38.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 %
Grand-Brassac	24	174 km N	555	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre	79	267 km N	589	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Terregatte	50	534 km N	645	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 96 %
Pontaubault	50	541 km N	579	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 88 %
Zouafques	62	797 km N	592	47.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 82 %

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