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Bassussarry

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64100

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

Partly served 48.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bassussarry (INSEE 64100) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 3,414 (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/64100-bassussarry

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 6,392 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 food0.18254.4
Social0.622012.41
Education0.39103.93
Health0.56105.58
Public & culture0.1150.55
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8354.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 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]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ON EGIN · HEGOAK · PANAQUI LA TABLE). [3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LAUBEN · LE FOURNIL DE BASSU · TRINQUET DUFOURG - RESTAURANT LA PA · VALULU · GOXOA). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE 180 DEGRES · O'BOULOT). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE BIEZ BAT IKASTOLA). [3]

9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINCENT LUSCAN, MÉDECIN · EDGAR STRIEBIG, MÉDECIN · BRIGITTE SENNE-LASSERRE, MÉDECIN · JOHANNA VENTURINI, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MIGUEL DRAVASA, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU BOURG). [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BASSUSSARRY LES MOTS S'ANIMENT). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (HAIR DISCOUNT · L'ARTISAN C OIFFEUR). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. [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)3ON EGIN · HEGOAK · PANAQUI LA TABLEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant5LAUBEN · LE FOURNIL DE BASSU · TRINQUET DUFOURG - RESTAURANT LA PA · VALULU · GOXOAINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar3LE 180 DEGRES · O'BOULOTINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE BIEZ BAT IKASTOLAINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)9VINCENT LUSCAN, MÉDECIN · EDGAR STRIEBIG, MÉDECIN · BRIGITTE SENNE-LASSERRE, MÉDECIN · JOHANNA VENTURINI, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MIGUEL DRAVASA, MÉDECININSEE BPE 9 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DU BOURGINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BASSUSSARRY LES MOTS S'ANIMENTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2HAIR DISCOUNT · L'ARTISAN C OIFFEURINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 483 2023: 3,414 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,490 (2012) → 3,414 (2023): 37.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,056 (1990) → 3,414 (2023): 223.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,766, of which 8.3 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 1.1 km NW (Arcangues)Bakery — 1.4 km N (Anglet)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.1 km NWBakery — 1.4 km N 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 (Anglet): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bassussarry): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Bassussarry): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Arcangues): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Bassussarry): 0.2 km to the north-west (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. [11]

Measured at the BIARRITZ-PAYS-BASQUE weather station, 3.4 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 56 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at BIARRITZ-PAYS-BASQUE, 3.4 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 1,468 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BIARRITZ-PAYS-BASQUE, 3.4 km away at 71 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 — 64100/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64100/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64100/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64100/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64024
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64100
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64038
  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
Neuvecelle74718 km NE3,25639.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %
Afa2A857 km E3,35039.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %
Seilh31232 km E3,35648.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %
Annet-sur-Marne77691 km NE3,40843.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Asnières-sur-Oise95698 km NE3,12743.8Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire49449 km N3,68537.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Seilh31232 km E3,35648.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %
Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire49449 km N3,68537.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 %
Annet-sur-Marne77691 km NE3,40843.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Asnières-sur-Oise95698 km NE3,12743.8Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Neuvecelle74718 km NE3,25639.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %
Afa2A857 km E3,35039.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Bassussarry'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
Arcangues641.5 km SW3,65735.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Arbonne643.8 km SW2,44754.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mouguerre647.3 km E5,42851.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lahonce6411 km NE2,74039Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gattières06700 km E4,35845.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Irube645.5 km NE5,90061.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %