Magescq

Landes · CC Maremne Adour Côte Sud · INSEE 40168

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

Partly served 54.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Magescq (INSEE 40168) is in Landes (40), part of CC Maremne Adour Côte Sud. Population 2,698 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/40168-magescq

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 7,791 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHOUCHOU · CEDRIC LEVEAU PATISSERIE-CHOCOLATERIE BOULANGERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA PETITE BOUCHERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (HOTEL DE LA PAIX · OLIVOYSTERS · GREEN BUDDHA ESTELLE ROGER · PAPA PIZZA · MILANA). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC CALI, MÉDECIN · LÉA TOUAHMIA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE MAGESCQ). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE JEAN MORA). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (COUP&COIFF · C DANS L HAIR · MCOIFF'N). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (RELAIS DE LA POSTE · HOTEL DE LA PAIX). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE LE HAOUD'ICI). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	CHOUCHOU · CEDRIC LEVEAU PATISSERIE-CHOCOLATERIE BOULANGERIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA PETITE BOUCHERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	6	HOTEL DE LA PAIX · OLIVOYSTERS · GREEN BUDDHA ESTELLE ROGER · PAPA PIZZA · MILANA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ERIC CALI, MÉDECIN · LÉA TOUAHMIA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE DE MAGESCQ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE JEAN MORA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	COUP&COIFF · C DANS L HAIR · MCOIFF'N	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	2	RELAIS DE LA POSTE · HOTEL DE LA PAIX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	AIRE NATURELLE LE HAOUD'ICI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,109 2023: 2,698 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,935 (2012) → 2,698 (2023): 39.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,218 (1990) → 2,698 (2023): 121.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,332, of which 8.9 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 9.4 km W 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 (Magescq): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Magescq): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Magescq): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Soustons): 9.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Magescq): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32.6

Days at or below 0 °C 34

Muggy days a summer 15.8▸

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 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAGESCQ weather station, 4.3 km away at 46 m; the village itself is at 24 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DAX, 15.5 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,308 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAGESCQ, 4.3 km away at 46 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40168/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40168/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40168/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40168/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40310
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
Vivy	49	404 km N	2,582	52.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 99 %
Talensac	35	484 km N	2,571	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Frossay	44	389 km N	3,307	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Ossun	65	117 km SE	2,358	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Drézéry	34	417 km E	3,006	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 89 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Gervais	85	353 km N	2,781	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 86 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ossun	65	117 km SE	2,358	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Gervais	85	353 km N	2,781	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 86 % · humidity 7 %
Frossay	44	389 km N	3,307	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Vivy	49	404 km N	2,582	52.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Drézéry	34	417 km E	3,006	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 89 % · humidity 21 %
Talensac	35	484 km N	2,571	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Magescq'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
Hinx	40	25 km E	1,894	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Geours-de-Maremne	40	10 km S	3,089	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay	33	148 km NE	1,395	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Galgon	33	154 km NE	3,144	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sever	40	52 km E	5,043	61.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Aire-sur-l'Adour	40	77 km E	6,211	67.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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