Sainte-Foy

Identity

Sainte-Foy (INSEE 40258) is in Landes (40), part of CC du Pays de Villeneuve en Armagnac Landais. Population 251 (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/40258-sainte-foy

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,223 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.

Services

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[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, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 278 (2012) → 251 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 131 (1990) → 251 (2023): 91.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 3.4 % second homes and 1.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pouydesseaux): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouydesseaux): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gaillères): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Roquefort): 11 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sainte-Foy): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROQUEFORT weather station, 11.3 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 80 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONT-DE-MARSAN, 13.8 km away at 59 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARTHEZ BOURG, 7.4 km away at 93 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

19 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 190,405 € — 1,046 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Landes is 2,237 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40258/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40258/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40258/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40258/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40234
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40103
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40245
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 40258
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025