Bénéjacq

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC Pays de Nay · INSEE 64109

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

Partly served 53.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bénéjacq (INSEE 64109) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC Pays de Nay. Population 2,013 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/64109-benejacq

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 81 % of the 9,577 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.77	10	7.68
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

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 2 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) (MAISON M !). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BORDENAVE LAGAU · MAISON ABADIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SUPER U). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (MCDONALD'S FRANCE · LES PETITS GOURMANDS). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GR. SCO. MICHEL VERDIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NICOLE CAZE, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE DUCOS, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE JASICKI, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE MERMET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BENEJACQ). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Hairdresser (DA SILVA DINA · ORIGIN COIF · L ATELIER DE SABINE · L'ATELIER M). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON M !	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BORDENAVE LAGAU · MAISON ABADIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SUPER U	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	MCDONALD'S FRANCE · LES PETITS GOURMANDS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GR. SCO. MICHEL VERDIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	NICOLE CAZE, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE DUCOS, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE JASICKI, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE MERMET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BENEJACQ	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	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	4	DA SILVA DINA · ORIGIN COIF · L ATELIER DE SABINE · L'ATELIER M	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,363 2023: 2,013 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,885 (2012) → 2,013 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,587 (1990) → 2,013 (2023): 26.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 942, of which 2.4 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 0.8 km NWPharmacy — 2.0 km W 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 (Bénéjacq): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bénéjacq): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Bénéjacq): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bénéjacq): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

Muggy days a summer 12.7▸

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BENEJACQ weather station, 0.6 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 257 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at GER, 11.7 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 153 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 1,230 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BENEJACQ, 0.6 km away at 255 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64109/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64109/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64109/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64109/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64109
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
Coarraze	64	2.9 km SW	2,177	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Arc-lès-Gray	70	656 km NE	2,393	50.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 21 %
Pocé-sur-Cisse	37	482 km N	1,711	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 36 %
Carspach	68	760 km NE	2,091	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 %
Schirmeck	67	822 km NE	2,056	58.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Maixant	33	154 km N	2,057	43.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Coarraze	64	2.9 km SW	2,177	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maixant	33	154 km N	2,057	43.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Pocé-sur-Cisse	37	482 km N	1,711	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 36 %
Arc-lès-Gray	70	656 km NE	2,393	50.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 21 %
Carspach	68	760 km NE	2,091	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 %
Schirmeck	67	822 km NE	2,056	58.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Bénéjacq'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
Coarraze	64	2.9 km SW	2,177	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bordes	64	7.5 km NW	2,872	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Boeil-Bezing	64	5.7 km NW	1,341	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Igon	64	3.8 km SW	1,028	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Macaire	33	153 km N	1,981	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Nay	64	4.2 km W	3,184	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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