Tercis-les-Bains

Landes · CA du Grand Dax · INSEE 40314

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

Partly served 40.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tercis-les-Bains (INSEE 40314) is in Landes (40), part of CA du Grand Dax. Population 1,359 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/40314-tercis-les-bains

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 12,310 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.91	10	9.07
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU SOMMET DU GOUT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (GLACIERE LANDAISE · PIZZA CHEZ LOUIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FABIEN RODRIGUES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DUPRAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (TERCIS LES BAINS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE TERCIS-LES-BAINS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALL DES SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (PEP S HAIR · MILIS'HAIR). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	1	AU SOMMET DU GOUT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	GLACIERE LANDAISE · PIZZA CHEZ LOUIS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FABIEN RODRIGUES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DUPRAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	TERCIS LES BAINS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE DE TERCIS-LES-BAINS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALL DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	PEP S HAIR · MILIS'HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 600 2023: 1,359 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,164 (2012) → 1,359 (2023): 16.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 966 (1990) → 1,359 (2023): 40.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 665, of which 1.8 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km SBakery — 3.3 km N 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 (Mées): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tercis-les-Bains): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tercis-les-Bains): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tercis-les-Bains): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Tercis-les-Bains): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.9

Days at or below 0 °C 24.1

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DAX weather station, 3.8 km away at 31 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DAX, 3.8 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,163 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DAX, 3.8 km away at 31 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 — 40314/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40314/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40314/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40314/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40314
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
Hélesmes	59	818 km NE	1,907	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Rieulay	59	816 km N	1,261	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %
Ergersheim	67	859 km NE	1,479	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Cazilhac	11	286 km E	1,664	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Couchey	21	620 km NE	1,103	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %
Luc-sur-Orbieu	11	319 km E	1,173	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cazilhac	11	286 km E	1,664	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Luc-sur-Orbieu	11	319 km E	1,173	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Couchey	21	620 km NE	1,103	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %
Rieulay	59	816 km N	1,261	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %
Hélesmes	59	818 km NE	1,907	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Ergersheim	67	859 km NE	1,479	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Tercis-les-Bains'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
Saugnac-et-Cambran	40	9.3 km E	1,560	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Oeyreluy	40	2.4 km E	1,493	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Denguin	64	59 km SE	1,765	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay	33	156 km NE	1,395	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Narrosse	40	8.5 km E	3,387	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ousse	64	80 km SE	1,672	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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