Bidos
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 27.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bidos (INSEE 64126) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Haut Béarn. Population 1,102 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64126-bidos
Vitality score
Vitality score 27.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 22 % of the 13,754 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.34 | 10 | 3.37 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.64 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SALAISONS MICHEL LOGE). [3]
1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (METAMORPHOSE · FANNY COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | SALAISONS MICHEL LOGE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | ALDI MARCHE | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | METAMORPHOSE · FANNY COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 1,178 (2012) → 1,102 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,317 (1990) → 1,102 (2023): -16.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 617, of which 3.6 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bidos): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bidos): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Oloron-Sainte-Marie): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Oloron-Sainte-Marie): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Bidos): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [10]
Measured at the OLORON-STE-MARI weather station, 1.6 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 228 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at OLORON, 2.9 km away at 295 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 67 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,365 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at OLORON-STE-MARI, 1.6 km away at 235 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
66 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 166,350 € — 1,519 € per m² of built surface. [11]
11 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 75,000 € — 900 € per m². [11]
The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64126/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64126/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64126/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64126/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64126
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64422
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marconnelle | 62 | 825 km N | 1,090 | 26.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 82 % |
| Gertwiller | 67 | 854 km NE | 1,282 | 30.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 % |
| Trévenans | 90 | 760 km NE | 1,310 | 43.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 29 % |
| Menneval | 27 | 666 km N | 1,527 | 49.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 21 % |
| Chamarande | 91 | 632 km N | 1,089 | 27.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 21 % |
| Gumbrechtshoffen | 67 | 899 km NE | 1,113 | 24 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamarande | 91 | 632 km N | 1,089 | 27.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 21 % |
| Menneval | 27 | 666 km N | 1,527 | 49.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 21 % |
| Trévenans | 90 | 760 km NE | 1,310 | 43.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 29 % |
| Marconnelle | 62 | 825 km N | 1,090 | 26.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 82 % |
| Gertwiller | 67 | 854 km NE | 1,282 | 30.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 % |
| Gumbrechtshoffen | 67 | 899 km NE | 1,113 | 24 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 % |
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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 Bidos'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aussevielle | 64 | 22 km NE | 864 | 32.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Estos | 64 | 3.8 km N | 481 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Goès | 64 | 2.8 km NE | 520 | 33.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Poey-de-Lescar | 64 | 22 km NE | 1,876 | 59.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montardon | 64 | 31 km NE | 2,419 | 48 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ispoure | 64 | 51 km W | 667 | 40.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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