Le Sen

Landes · CC Coeur Haute Lande · INSEE 40297

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

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Sen (INSEE 40297) is in Landes (40), part of CC Coeur Haute Lande. Population 215 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 16,431 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.84	10	8.35
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BARTHELEMY CLOE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	1	BARTHELEMY CLOE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	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: 182 peak 2017: 227 2023: 215 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 204 (2012) → 215 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 161 (1990) → 215 (2023): 33.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 14.5 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.3 km SWGP — 4.3 km SWPharmacy — 4.3 km SWBakery — 9.5 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 (Brocas): 9.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Labrit): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Labrit): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Labrit): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Sen): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 47.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 56

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 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LUXEY weather station, 15.1 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 101 m. ^[11]

An average of 962 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LABRIT, 4.3 km away at 84 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 — 40297/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40297/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40297/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40297/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40056
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40135
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40297
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
Saint-Michel-de-Double	24	123 km NE	232	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 97 %
Cachen	40	8.4 km SE	233	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Saint-André	31	144 km SE	239	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 95 %
Moulayrès	81	208 km E	217	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 93 %
Brignac	56	467 km N	200	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 76 %
Vindecy	71	431 km NE	244	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cachen	40	8.4 km SE	233	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Michel-de-Double	24	123 km NE	232	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 97 %
Saint-André	31	144 km SE	239	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 95 %
Moulayrès	81	208 km E	217	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 93 %
Vindecy	71	431 km NE	244	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 86 %
Brignac	56	467 km N	200	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 76 %

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