Pontenx-les-Forges

Landes · CC de Mimizan · INSEE 40229

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

Partly served 54.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pontenx-les-Forges (INSEE 40229) is in Landes (40), part of CC de Mimizan. Population 1,775 (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/40229-pontenx-les-forges

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 10,395 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LE FOURNIL DE PONTENX). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (KEBAB DES FORGES · BISTROT JEANOT · HAPPY FOOD TRUCK · CHEZ MOUNETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORENCE THOMAS, MÉDECIN · MARIE-LYS BEY, MÉDECIN · ROBERT BENJAMIN, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME GAULUE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES FORGES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PONTENX LES FORGES AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SUZANO DINA · L'ESPACE BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LES FORGES). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE FOURNIL DE PONTENX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	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	4	KEBAB DES FORGES · BISTROT JEANOT · HAPPY FOOD TRUCK · CHEZ MOUNETTE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	5	FLORENCE THOMAS, MÉDECIN · MARIE-LYS BEY, MÉDECIN · ROBERT BENJAMIN, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME GAULUE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES FORGES	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	PONTENX LES FORGES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	SUZANO DINA · L'ESPACE BEAUTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LES FORGES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 1,218 2023: 1,775 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,499 (2012) → 1,775 (2023): 18.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,138 (1990) → 1,775 (2023): 56 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,040, of which 13.2 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.9 km SEPharmacy — 9.7 km SW 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 (Pontenx-les-Forges): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontenx-les-Forges): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pontenx-les-Forges): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mimizan): 9.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pontenx-les-Forges): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40229/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40229/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40229/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40229/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40229
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40184

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
Séreilhac	87	242 km NE	2,003	41.6	Partly served	no figures
Pouilly-sur-Loire	58	463 km NE	1,635	53.1	Partly served	no figures
Plouasne	22	457 km N	1,798	51	Partly served	no figures
Hallencourt	80	679 km N	1,351	38.1	Few services	no figures
Épaignes	27	573 km N	1,597	55.5	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Émilion	33	106 km NE	1,608	60.7	Served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Émilion	33	106 km NE	1,608	60.7	Served	no figures
Séreilhac	87	242 km NE	2,003	41.6	Partly served	no figures
Plouasne	22	457 km N	1,798	51	Partly served	no figures
Pouilly-sur-Loire	58	463 km NE	1,635	53.1	Partly served	no figures
Épaignes	27	573 km N	1,597	55.5	Partly served	no figures
Hallencourt	80	679 km N	1,351	38.1	Few services	no figures

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Elsewhere

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