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Angaïs

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC Pays de Nay · INSEE 64023

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

Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Angaïs (INSEE 64023) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC Pays de Nay. Population 885 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/64023-angais

Vitality score

Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 15,080 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.66106.64
Housing mix0.9254.61

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 1 of 1
Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ANGAIS AP). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF ET RURAL). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (ESTELLE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1ANGAIS APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIF ET RURALINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1ESTELLE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 535 peak 2017: 889 2023: 885 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 852 (2012) → 885 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 760 (1990) → 885 (2023): 16.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 433, of which 3.9 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.0 km SW (Boeil-Bezing)Bakery — 2.1 km SW (Boeil-Bezing)Food shop — 2.3 km W (Bordes)Pharmacy — 3.0 km W (Bordes)
In the commune Primary school GP — 2.0 km SWBakery — 2.1 km SWFood shop — 2.3 km WPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Boeil-Bezing): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bordes): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Boeil-Bezing): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bordes): 3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Angaïs): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BENEJACQ weather station, 5.6 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 226 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at GER, 13.6 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. [11]

That station sits 184 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 1,230 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BENEJACQ, 5.6 km away at 255 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64023/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64023/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64023/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64023/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64133
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64138
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64023
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Vaast-en-Cambrésis59822 km N87128.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 %
Villiers-Saint-Denis02695 km N99729Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 7 %
Béthencourt-sur-Mer80772 km N88234.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Ferréol74591 km NE87426.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 55 %
Saint-Gervais95678 km N87821.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 %
Mortefontaine60689 km N83426.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Ferréol74591 km NE87426.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 55 %
Saint-Gervais95678 km N87821.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 %
Mortefontaine60689 km N83426.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %
Villiers-Saint-Denis02695 km N99729Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 7 %
Béthencourt-sur-Mer80772 km N88234.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Vaast-en-Cambrésis59822 km N87128.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · 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 Angaïs'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bordères644.5 km SE69421.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Boeil-Bezing642.1 km SW1,34138.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Baliros644.7 km W51523.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mirepeix645.5 km S1,25530.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Artigueloutan644.1 km N1,10532.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bénéjacq646.0 km SE2,01353.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %