Josse

Landes · CC Maremne Adour Côte Sud · INSEE 40129

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

Few services 34.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Josse (INSEE 40129) is in Landes (40), part of CC Maremne Adour Côte Sud. Population 1,018 (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/40129-josse

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 14,205 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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) (L AMANDINE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT JOSSE · LA GUINGUETTE · MADEMOISELLE PIPELETTE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	L AMANDINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LE P'TIT JOSSE · LA GUINGUETTE · MADEMOISELLE PIPELETTE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 347 2023: 1,018 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 854 (2012) → 1,018 (2023): 19.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 581 (1990) → 1,018 (2023): 75.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 477, of which 6.5 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km WGP — 2.4 km SEPharmacy — 3.5 km NEFood shop — 3.6 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 (Josse): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saubusse): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pey): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saubusse): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Josse): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

Muggy days a summer 21▸

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST MARTIN HINX weather station, 9.9 km away at 37 m; the village itself is at 10 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 21 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST M HINX STNA-INRAE, 9.9 km away at 37 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,438 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST MARTIN HINX, 9.9 km away at 37 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 — 40129/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40129/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40129/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40129/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40129
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40222
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
Andilly	74	634 km NE	1,013	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %
Ambres	81	245 km E	1,033	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Came	64	21 km SE	1,024	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %
La Freissinouse	05	586 km E	972	40.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Fleury	50	579 km N	1,101	33.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Puttelange-lès-Thionville	57	865 km NE	1,029	30.4	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Came	64	21 km SE	1,024	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %
Ambres	81	245 km E	1,033	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Fleury	50	579 km N	1,101	33.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
La Freissinouse	05	586 km E	972	40.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Andilly	74	634 km NE	1,013	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %
Puttelange-lès-Thionville	57	865 km NE	1,029	30.4	Few services	no figures

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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 Josse'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
Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse	40	13 km S	745	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Biaudos	40	12 km SW	1,041	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Orthevielle	40	12 km SE	1,073	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Orthe	40	6.9 km SE	740	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse	40	9.5 km S	1,241	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pey	40	2.2 km SE	838	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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