Pouydesseaux

Landes · CA Mont de Marsan Agglomération · INSEE 40234

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

Partly served 57.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pouydesseaux (INSEE 40234) is in Landes (40), part of CA Mont de Marsan Agglomération. Population 869 (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 57.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 15,180 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.91	10	9.11
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BACCARA). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (DONUTS & COOKIES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ CATHY). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (POUYDESSEAUX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE POUYDESSEAUX). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BACCARA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API POUYDESSEAUX	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	2	DONUTS & COOKIES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ CATHY	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)	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	POUYDESSEAUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE POUYDESSEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 488 peak 2017: 916 2023: 869 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 915 (2012) → 869 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 616 (1990) → 869 (2023): 41.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 427, of which 3.7 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.9 km SWPharmacy — 7.3 km N 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 (Pouydesseaux): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouydesseaux): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gaillères): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Roquefort): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pouydesseaux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 42.1

Days at or below 0 °C 62.3

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 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 134 m. ^[11]

The village sits 57 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONT-DE-MARSAN, 15.5 km away at 59 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 75 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-JUSTIN, 7.1 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40234/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40234/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40234/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40234/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40234
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40245
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
Maison-Rouge	77	576 km NE	880	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Fontannes	43	331 km NE	875	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Catherine	69	427 km NE	969	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Le Vanneau-Irleau	79	260 km N	860	50.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Brullioles	69	429 km NE	821	58.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %
Sévignacq	64	59 km S	805	58.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sévignacq	64	59 km S	805	58.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Le Vanneau-Irleau	79	260 km N	860	50.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Fontannes	43	331 km NE	875	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Catherine	69	427 km NE	969	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Brullioles	69	429 km NE	821	58.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %
Maison-Rouge	77	576 km NE	880	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Pouydesseaux'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
Pont-en-Royans	38	466 km E	805	67.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Mazaugues	83	507 km E	901	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Champagneux	73	508 km NE	675	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
La Bollène-Vésubie	06	613 km E	662	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pailhès	09	172 km SE	511	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Lattier	38	455 km E	1,486	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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