Sorde-l'Abbaye

Landes · CC Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans · INSEE 40306

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

Few services 29.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sorde-l'Abbaye (INSEE 40306) is in Landes (40), part of CC Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans. Population 645 (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/40306-sorde-l-abbaye

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 16,775 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.34
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SORDE-L'ABBAYE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA GALUPE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 SORDE-L'ABBAYE	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]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA GALUPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 637 peak 2012: 658 2023: 645 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 658 (2012) → 645 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 569 (1990) → 645 (2023): 13.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 372, of which 7 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.1 km NFood shop — 2.4 km NWPharmacy — 3.8 km NWGP — 4.6 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 (Cauneille): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cauneille): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Peyrehorade): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Peyrehorade): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sorde-l'Abbaye): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.4

Days at or below 0 °C 31.5

Muggy days a summer 15.8▸

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PEYREHORADE LER weather station, 4.1 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 17 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DAX, 17.9 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,324 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PEYREHORADE LER, 4.1 km away at 5 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 — 40306/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40306/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40306/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40306/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40077
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40306
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
Longroy	76	745 km N	637	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Félix	46	281 km NE	511	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 7 %
Vallans	79	301 km N	840	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Vidal	43	423 km NE	608	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %
Champagne	17	256 km N	651	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 43 %
Sepmes	37	416 km N	604	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champagne	17	256 km N	651	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Félix	46	281 km NE	511	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 7 %
Vallans	79	301 km N	840	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Sepmes	37	416 km N	604	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Vidal	43	423 km NE	608	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %
Longroy	76	745 km N	637	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 97 %

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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 Sorde-l'Abbaye'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
Labastide-Cézéracq	64	45 km E	584	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sallespisse	64	27 km E	591	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lahourcade	64	40 km SE	709	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bretagne-d'Armagnac	32	104 km NE	408	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Tizac-de-Lapouyade	33	182 km N	477	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pé-de-Léren	64	4.4 km S	271	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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