Rion-des-Landes

Landes · CC du Pays Tarusate · INSEE 40243

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

Few services 39.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rion-des-Landes (INSEE 40243) is in Landes (40), part of CC du Pays Tarusate. Population 3,142 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Boos (40048). ^[3]

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/40243-rion-des-landes

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 6,857 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.5	20	9.98
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.77	10	7.75
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GRAIN DE VRAC). ^[4,5]

2 × Supermarket (E LECLERC EXPRESS · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[4,5]

6 × Restaurant (SOC EXPL DU BAR RESTAURANT LE BOSQUET · CAROVANE · MAISON POMADE). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE MARCO PAULO). ^[5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MENAUT). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MARIE CURIE). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE MAISONNAVE, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE BELLEGARDE, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOUREAU). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE HENRI EMMANUELLI DE RION-DES-LANDES). ^[4]

1 × Cinema (CINEMA Z). ^[4]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (MARION COIFFURE · LINEA COIFFURE). ^[4,5]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4,5]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL VILLA POMADE). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	GRAIN DE VRAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	2	E LECLERC EXPRESS · CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	6	SOC EXPL DU BAR RESTAURANT LE BOSQUET · CAROVANE · MAISON POMADE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DU CENTRE MARCO PAULO	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MENAUT	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MARIE CURIE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	PIERRE MAISONNAVE, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE BELLEGARDE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BOUREAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE HENRI EMMANUELLI DE RION-DES-LANDES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	1	CINEMA Z	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Hairdresser	2	MARION COIFFURE · LINEA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL VILLA POMADE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,588 2023: 3,142 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,847 (2012) → 3,142 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,465 (1990) → 3,142 (2023): 27.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,629, of which 6.7 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 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 (Rion-des-Landes): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Rion-des-Landes): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rion-des-Landes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rion-des-Landes): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rion-des-Landes): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.7

Days at or below 0 °C 39.9

Muggy days a summer 8.4

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the RION-DES-LANDES weather station, 3.1 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 66 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at RION-DES-LANDES, 3.1 km away at 77 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,165 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RION-DES-LANDES, 3.1 km away at 77 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 — 40243/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40243/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40243/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40243/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40243
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
Montfrin	30	442 km E	3,122	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Pleyber-Christ	29	557 km NW	3,166	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Thibéry	34	354 km E	3,132	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Sallèles-d'Aude	11	320 km E	3,179	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 73 % · humidity 21 %
Sancoins	18	440 km NE	2,951	62.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Jean-en-Royans	26	507 km E	2,874	64.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sallèles-d'Aude	11	320 km E	3,179	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 73 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Thibéry	34	354 km E	3,132	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Sancoins	18	440 km NE	2,951	62.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Montfrin	30	442 km E	3,122	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-en-Royans	26	507 km E	2,874	64.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Pleyber-Christ	29	557 km NW	3,166	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Rion-des-Landes'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-Médard-d'Eyrans	33	93 km N	3,409	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Clairac	47	114 km NE	2,606	54.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Montendre	17	156 km N	3,222	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Montesquieu-Volvestre	31	191 km SE	3,050	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Céré	46	246 km NE	3,429	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-du-Puch	33	113 km NE	2,304	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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