Louer

Identity

Louer (INSEE 40159) is in Landes (40), part of CC Terres de Chalosse. Population 335 (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/40159-louer

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 18,043 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.

Services

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

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'ETANG DE LAUBANERE). ^[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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 295 (2012) → 335 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 160 (1990) → 335 (2023): 109.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 3.6 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Goos): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gamarde-les-Bains): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gamarde-les-Bains): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pontonx-sur-l'Adour): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Louer): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the POYARTIN weather station, 6 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DAX, 16.1 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,189 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PONTONX, 4.8 km away at 12 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 205,850 € — 1,794 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

9 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 96,000 € — 1,433 € per m². ^[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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40159/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40159/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40159/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40159/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40113
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40104
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40230
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40159
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025