Bérenx

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Béarn des Gaves · INSEE 64112

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bérenx (INSEE 64112) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Béarn des Gaves. Population 428 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64112-berenx

Vitality score

Vitality score 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 17,940 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.36	10	3.63
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE ET SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU RELAIS). ^[3,4]

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, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE ET SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DU RELAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 461 peak 1990: 496 2023: 428 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 457 (2012) → 428 (2023): -6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 496 (1990) → 428 (2023): -13.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 249, of which 5.2 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.6 km NEFood shop — 5.0 km NWPharmacy — 5.0 km NWBakery — 5.3 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 (Puyoô): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Puyoô): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Baigts-de-Béarn): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Puyoô): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bérenx): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.6

Days at or below 0 °C 32.5

Muggy days a summer 16.7▸

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BELLOCQ-PUYOO weather station, 5.2 km away at 49 m; the village itself is at 46 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 17 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ORTHEZ, 8.2 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,292 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAIGTS-DE-BEARN, 3.7 km away at 164 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64112/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64112/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64112/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64112/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64461
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64112
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
Cauna	40	36 km NE	418	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Gaujacq	40	18 km NE	437	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Latrape	31	176 km E	444	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Gein	40	58 km NE	409	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Grézet-Cavagnan	47	126 km NE	409	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Malaussanne	64	32 km E	450	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gaujacq	40	18 km NE	437	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Malaussanne	64	32 km E	450	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Cauna	40	36 km NE	418	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Gein	40	58 km NE	409	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Grézet-Cavagnan	47	126 km NE	409	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Latrape	31	176 km E	444	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Bérenx'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
Gourbera	40	37 km NW	364	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sauvelade	64	17 km SE	273	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Duhort-Bachen	40	49 km NE	700	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Nousse	40	24 km N	252	13	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Gaas	40	19 km NW	470	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Béhasque-Lapiste	64	23 km SW	505	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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