Abitain
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 17.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Abitain (INSEE 64004) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Béarn des Gaves. Population 120 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64004-abitain
Vitality score
Vitality score 17.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 12,207 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.52 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.3 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (APIREGAL). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | APIREGAL | 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) | 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 | 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
Population 98 (2012) → 120 (2023): 22.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 126 (1990) → 120 (2023): -4.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 71, of which 7 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Labastide-Villefranche): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Escos): 3 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-GLADIE weather station, 6.4 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 50 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AICIRITS, 9.9 km away at 75 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 1,300 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-GLADIE, 6.4 km away at 73 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 — 64004/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64004/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64004/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64004/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64291
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64513
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64205
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessins | 38 | 535 km NE | 123 | 22.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 % |
| Blincourt | 60 | 718 km N | 125 | 24.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 % |
| They-sous-Montfort | 88 | 759 km NE | 121 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 % |
| Sainte-Colombe | 17 | 215 km N | 113 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 % |
| Gariès | 82 | 168 km E | 129 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 21 % |
| Les Moutiers-en-Auge | 14 | 614 km N | 130 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gariès | 82 | 168 km E | 129 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 21 % |
| Sainte-Colombe | 17 | 215 km N | 113 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 % |
| Bessins | 38 | 535 km NE | 123 | 22.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 % |
| Les Moutiers-en-Auge | 14 | 614 km N | 130 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 % |
| Blincourt | 60 | 718 km N | 125 | 24.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 % |
| They-sous-Montfort | 88 | 759 km NE | 121 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 69 % · 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 Abitain'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narp | 64 | 14 km E | 122 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Urbise | 42 | 497 km NE | 117 | 22.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louvigny | 64 | 45 km E | 139 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Labeyrie | 64 | 33 km NE | 103 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Andrein | 64 | 7.9 km SE | 136 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rozès | 32 | 118 km E | 113 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
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