Asson

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC Pays de Nay · INSEE 64068

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

Partly served 44.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Asson (INSEE 64068) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC Pays de Nay. Population 1,982 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/64068-asson

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 9,685 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.7	10	7
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE TALMELIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISONGROSSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BAR' RICO VIVAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MARJAURIE ALVAREZ). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE CRETAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SNC PHARMACIE LARROUSSE OLIVRY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ASSON). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE JEAN LABARRERE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CUYAUBERE MARIE CHRISTINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE TALMELIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISONGROSSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BAR' RICO VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	MARJAURIE ALVAREZ	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	PHILIPPE CRETAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SNC PHARMACIE LARROUSSE OLIVRY	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ASSON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE JEAN LABARRERE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	CUYAUBERE MARIE CHRISTINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 1,527 peak 2012: 2,042 2023: 1,982 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,042 (2012) → 1,982 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,652 (1990) → 1,982 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 979, of which 4.8 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 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 (Asson): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Asson): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Asson): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Asson): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Asson): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.9

Days at or below 0 °C 46.2

Muggy days a summer 10.1▸

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ASSON weather station, 2.1 km away at 337 m; the village itself is at 323 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at GER, 17.6 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 87 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,364 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ASSON, 2.1 km away at 337 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64068
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
Sauzet	26	438 km NE	1,882	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Briatexte	81	187 km E	1,938	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Champagné-les-Marais	85	367 km N	1,824	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Manziat	01	542 km NE	2,018	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Cherveux	79	364 km N	1,885	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 43 %
Villé	67	823 km NE	1,799	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Briatexte	81	187 km E	1,938	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Cherveux	79	364 km N	1,885	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 43 %
Champagné-les-Marais	85	367 km N	1,824	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Sauzet	26	438 km NE	1,882	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Manziat	01	542 km NE	2,018	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Villé	67	823 km NE	1,799	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Asson'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
Castets et Castillon	33	158 km N	1,551	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bords	17	309 km N	1,375	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bazet	65	32 km NE	1,858	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Andrest	65	32 km NE	1,340	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rabastens-de-Bigorre	65	43 km NE	1,483	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Masseube	32	75 km NE	1,511	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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