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Arbonne

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64035

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

Partly served 54.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arbonne (INSEE 64035) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 2,447 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64035-arbonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 8,377 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.672013.44
Education0.63106.32
Health0.43104.32
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.7853.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LALANNE AND CO). [3,4]

6 × Restaurant (JMSG · RESTAURANT DU MOULIN · PIZZ'UNAI · EDEN STREET FOOD · LURRAK). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CIDRERIE DU FRONTON). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARGUERITE SCHWAB · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST-LAURENT). [3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PAUL SANCHEZ, MÉDECIN · LUCILLE AUSSEIL, MÉDECIN · MORGANE COUFFINHAL, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE ETCHEVERRY, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARBONNE LPR RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARBONNE IBILIBURU). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (CREATION COIFFURE · ELIZABETH HAIRSTYLER). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL INDARRA). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LALANNE AND COINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant6JMSG · RESTAURANT DU MOULIN · PIZZ'UNAI · EDEN STREET FOOD · LURRAKINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar1CIDRERIE DU FRONTONINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARGUERITE SCHWAB · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST-LAURENTINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4PAUL SANCHEZ, MÉDECIN · LUCILLE AUSSEIL, MÉDECIN · MORGANE COUFFINHAL, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE ETCHEVERRY, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1ARBONNE LPR RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARBONNE IBILIBURUINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3CREATION COIFFURE · ELIZABETH HAIRSTYLERINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1HOTEL INDARRAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 648 2023: 2,447 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,075 (2012) → 2,447 (2023): 17.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,366 (1990) → 2,447 (2023): 79.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,192, of which 11.1 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.0 km NW (Bidart)Pharmacy — 2.5 km NW (Bidart)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.0 km NWPharmacy — 2.5 km NW 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 (Bidart): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Arbonne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Arbonne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bidart): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Arbonne): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BIARRITZ-PAYS-BASQUE weather station, 4.4 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 34 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at BIARRITZ-PAYS-BASQUE, 4.4 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 1,468 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BIARRITZ-PAYS-BASQUE, 4.4 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64035/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64035/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64035/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64035/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64125
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64035
  10. 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
Frans01575 km NE2,58253.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 26 %
Lucenay69566 km NE2,07050.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 36 %
Aspremont06709 km E2,34655.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 29 %
Cantenay-Épinard49462 km N2,41559.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Plailly60706 km NE1,78645.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Falicon06712 km E2,18546.7Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cantenay-Épinard49462 km N2,41559.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Lucenay69566 km NE2,07050.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 36 %
Frans01575 km NE2,58253.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 26 %
Plailly60706 km NE1,78645.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Aspremont06709 km E2,34655.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 29 %
Falicon06712 km E2,18546.7Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Arbonne'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
Lahonce6415 km NE2,74039Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bassussarry643.8 km NE3,41448.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Arcangues642.5 km E3,65735.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mouguerre6411 km E5,42851.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Candillargues34454 km E2,09153.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Ahetze643.3 km SW2,10445.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %