Barcus

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64093

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

Partly served 53.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Barcus (INSEE 64093) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 654 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 53.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 16,723 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	0.71	25	17.74
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.33	10	3.3
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.83

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (E.U.R.L. BOULANGERIE GARAT MATHIEU · MANDELUKOGIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL L&D). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ PITXE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTIAN ROGET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE AMIGUES BLANCK). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	E.U.R.L. BOULANGERIE GARAT MATHIEU · MANDELUKOGIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL L&D	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	CHEZ PITXE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOURG	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHRISTIAN ROGET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE AMIGUES BLANCK	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	BARCUS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 990 2023: 654 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 693 (2012) → 654 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 788 (1990) → 654 (2023): -17 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 411, of which 11.7 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 km SW 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 (Barcus): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Barcus): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Barcus): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Barcus): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Barcus): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.2

Days at or below 0 °C 34.3

Muggy days a summer 12.8▸

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the OLORON-STE-MARI weather station, 14.7 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 218 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at OLORON, 15.8 km away at 295 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 77 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 1,367 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at TROIS-VILLES, 10.6 km away at 216 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 — 64093/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64093/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64093/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64093/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64093
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
Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon	24	206 km N	809	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Vézins-de-Lévézou	12	323 km NE	656	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 7 %
Linards	87	334 km NE	1,001	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %
Les Hermites	37	512 km N	583	49.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 14 %
Besson	03	484 km NE	728	51.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %
Courdemanche	72	525 km N	623	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon	24	206 km N	809	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Vézins-de-Lévézou	12	323 km NE	656	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 7 %
Linards	87	334 km NE	1,001	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %
Besson	03	484 km NE	728	51.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %
Les Hermites	37	512 km N	583	49.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 14 %
Courdemanche	72	525 km N	623	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %

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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 Barcus'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
Bidarray	64	48 km W	693	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Irissarry	64	38 km W	870	63	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Samadet	40	55 km NE	1,123	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Domezain-Berraute	64	22 km NW	473	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Loubouer	40	61 km NE	442	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Boès	64	38 km N	376	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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