Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve

Landes · CC du Pays de Villeneuve en Armagnac Landais · INSEE 40255

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 23.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve (INSEE 40255) is in Landes (40), part of CC du Pays de Villeneuve en Armagnac Landais. Population 472 (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/40255-saint-cricq-villeneuve

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,917 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.79	10	7.93
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT-CRICQ-VILLENEUVE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT-CRICQ-VILLENEUVE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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

1968: 288 peak 2017: 482 2023: 472 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 453 (2012) → 472 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 365 (1990) → 472 (2023): 29.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 232, of which 6.9 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.4 km EGP — 3.5 km EBakery — 3.9 km EPharmacy — 8.9 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 (Villeneuve-de-Marsan): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villeneuve-de-Marsan): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villeneuve-de-Marsan): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mont-de-Marsan): 8.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.8

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

Muggy days a summer 9.7

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONT-DE-MARSAN weather station, 12 km away at 59 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONT-DE-MARSAN, 12 km away at 59 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARTHEZ BOURG, 7.6 km away at 93 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 — 40255/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40255/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40255/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40255/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40331
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40255
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
Boulogne-la-Grasse	60	677 km N	472	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Grémévillers	60	654 km N	478	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Treuzy-Levelay	77	545 km NE	458	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %
Sacé	53	478 km N	472	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Romagne	33	98 km N	483	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Sotteville	50	637 km N	485	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Romagne	33	98 km N	483	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Sacé	53	478 km N	472	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Treuzy-Levelay	77	545 km NE	458	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %
Sotteville	50	637 km N	485	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %
Grémévillers	60	654 km N	478	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Boulogne-la-Grasse	60	677 km N	472	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve'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
Lafitole	65	60 km SE	433	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pondaurat	33	75 km N	455	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Loupiac-de-la-Réole	33	77 km N	527	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Sescas	33	78 km N	558	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Larreule	65	58 km SE	379	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Commensacq	40	52 km NW	440	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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