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Bésingrand

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC de Lacq-Orthez · INSEE 64117

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 16.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bésingrand (INSEE 64117) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 146 (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/64117-besingrand

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 13,883 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.92109.17
Housing mix155

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 85 2023: 146 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 116 (2012) → 146 (2023): 25.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 103 (1990) → 146 (2023): 41.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 65, of which 0 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.3 km SW (Pardies)Pharmacy — 1.4 km SW (Pardies)Primary school — 1.5 km S (Abos)GP — 2.7 km N (Artix)Food shop — 2.8 km SE (Tarsacq)
Bakery — 1.3 km SWPharmacy — 1.4 km SWPrimary school — 1.5 km SGP — 2.7 km NFood shop — 2.8 km SE 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 (Pardies): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Tarsacq): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Artix): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Pardies): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Abos): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). [11]

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LAGOR weather station, 6.4 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 114 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 12.4 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 69 m above 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 1,133 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LAGOR, 6.4 km away at 125 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64117/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64117/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64117/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64117/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64443
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64535
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64061
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64005
  12. 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
Ramicourt02790 km N14610.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Coupelle-Neuve62818 km N14612.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Chanville57829 km NE14716.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Angeduc16237 km N14516.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %
Drouilly51717 km NE14512.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Paul88744 km NE14513.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Angeduc16237 km N14516.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %
Drouilly51717 km NE14512.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Paul88744 km NE14513.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 %
Ramicourt02790 km N14610.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Coupelle-Neuve62818 km N14612.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Chanville57829 km NE14716.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Bésingrand'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
Lacadée6420 km N14514.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Noguères642.2 km W1218.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Castetner6417 km NW14010.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Plavilla11203 km E14616.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Siest4055 km NW13516.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lussagnet-Lusson6431 km E18316.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %