Balansun

Identity

Balansun (INSEE 64088) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 316 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/64088-balansun

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,916 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BALANSUN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 279 (2012) → 316 (2023): 13.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 209 (1990) → 316 (2023): 51.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 148, of which 5.4 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mesplède): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orthez): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Maslacq): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Orthez): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Balansun): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ORTHEZ weather station, 4.7 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 150 m. ^[12]

The village sits 54 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ORTHEZ, 4.7 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 54 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,148 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARGAGNON, 3.9 km away at 103 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 219,000 € — 1,002 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64088/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64088/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64088/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64088/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64382
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64430
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64367
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64088
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025