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Retjons

Landes · CC des Landes d'Armagnac · INSEE 40164

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

Few services 29.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Retjons (INSEE 40164) is in Landes (40), part of CC des Landes d'Armagnac. Population 301 (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/40164-retjons

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,841 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.46104.62
Housing mix0.7253.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'AUBERGE DE LA HOURNERE). [4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (RETJONS LPAC AP). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar2L'AUBERGE DE LA HOURNEREINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1RETJONS LPAC APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 439 2023: 301 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 327 (2012) → 301 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 313 (1990) → 301 (2023): -3.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 187, of which 13.9 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPharmacy — 7.7 km S (Roquefort)Food shop — 7.8 km S (Roquefort)GP — 7.8 km S (Roquefort)Bakery — 14.5 km S (Saint-Justin)
In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 7.7 km SFood shop — 7.8 km SGP — 7.8 km SBakery — 14.5 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 (Saint-Justin): 14.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Roquefort): 7.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Roquefort): 7.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Roquefort): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Retjons): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ROQUEFORT weather station, 7.6 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 91 m. [11]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ROQUEFORT, 7.6 km away at 77 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40164/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40164/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40164/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40164/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40267
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40245
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40164
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montignac-de-Lauzun4780 km NE28628.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Gorges50579 km N35024.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil24176 km NE37725.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 73 %
Montagnac-sur-Lède47103 km NE27126.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Tugdual56503 km NW37624.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 66 %
Lantabat64116 km SW29724.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 65 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montignac-de-Lauzun4780 km NE28628.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Montagnac-sur-Lède47103 km NE27126.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 43 %
Lantabat64116 km SW29724.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil24176 km NE37725.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Tugdual56503 km NW37624.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 66 %
Gorges50579 km N35024.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 69 %

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