Mimbaste
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 26.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mimbaste (INSEE 40183) is in Landes (40), part of CC Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans. Population 1,001 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 21 % of the 14,316 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 | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.58 | 10 | 5.83 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.53 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MYMY EPICE...& TOUT). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (ROTISSERIE JAD'OR). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MIMBASTE RP). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LA COIFFURE AUTREMENT BY LAURIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | MYMY EPICE...& TOUT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | ROTISSERIE JAD'OR | INSEE BPE 1 / 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 | 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 | 1 | MIMBASTE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | LA COIFFURE AUTREMENT BY LAURIE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| 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
Population 1,049 (2012) → 1,001 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 924 (1990) → 1,001 (2023): 8.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 512, of which 4.7 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pouillon): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mimbaste): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Pouillon): 5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saugnac-et-Cambran): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Mimbaste): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the DAX weather station, 9 km away at 31 m; the village itself is at 16 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DAX, 9 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 1,274 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at POUILLON, 4.7 km away at 77 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
58 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 237,980 € — 1,605 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Landes is 2,237 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40183/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40183/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40183/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40183/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 40233
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 40183
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 40294
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villaines-les-Rochers | 37 | 413 km N | 1,051 | 31.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 7 % |
| Grépiac | 31 | 197 km E | 1,017 | 34.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 % |
| Essouvert | 17 | 262 km N | 1,021 | 27.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 7 % |
| Hautefage-la-Tour | 47 | 159 km NE | 1,029 | 33.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 % |
| Létra | 69 | 504 km NE | 901 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Élix-le-Château | 31 | 175 km E | 933 | 44.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hautefage-la-Tour | 47 | 159 km NE | 1,029 | 33.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Élix-le-Château | 31 | 175 km E | 933 | 44.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 % |
| Grépiac | 31 | 197 km E | 1,017 | 34.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 % |
| Essouvert | 17 | 262 km N | 1,021 | 27.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 7 % |
| Villaines-les-Rochers | 37 | 413 km N | 1,051 | 31.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 7 % |
| Létra | 69 | 504 km NE | 901 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · 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 Mimbaste'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-Genès-de-Fronsac | 33 | 161 km N | 994 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marcenais | 33 | 165 km N | 863 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vérac | 33 | 158 km N | 883 | 33 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Périssac | 33 | 161 km N | 1,184 | 30.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cagnotte | 40 | 9.7 km SW | 784 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Came | 64 | 22 km SW | 1,024 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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