Bielle
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bielle (INSEE 64127) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de la Vallée d'Ossau. Population 371 (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/64127-bielle
Vitality score
Vitality score 44.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 93 % of the 18,041 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 | 0.29 | 25 | 7.21 |
| Social | 0.79 | 20 | 15.82 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.29 | 10 | 2.89 |
| Housing mix | 0.53 | 5 | 2.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SOCIETE LALOUBERE ET FILS). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (MONTAGNE GOURMANDE · LA VACA ARROUGET · MAISON LAVILLETE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BIELLE AP). [3]
1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE BIELLE). [3]
1 × Hotel (L'AYGUELADE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'AYGUELADE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | SOCIETE LALOUBERE ET FILS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | 3 | MONTAGNE GOURMANDE · LA VACA ARROUGET · MAISON LAVILLETE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | BIELLE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | POINT LECTURE DE BIELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | L'AYGUELADE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING L'AYGUELADE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 448 (2012) → 371 (2023): -17.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 470 (1990) → 371 (2023): -21.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 283, of which 23.3 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bielle): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Gère-Bélesten): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Arudy): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Arudy): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Bielle): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LARUNS-HOURAT weather station, 7.9 km away at 522 m; the village itself is at 453 m. [11]
The village sits 69 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at HERRERE, 16.1 km away at 294 m, over 12 summers. [11]
That station sits 159 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,653 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LARUNS-HOURAT, 7.9 km away at 522 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
23 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 120,000 € — 1,286 € per m² of built surface. [12]
17 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 55,622 € — 1,667 € per m². [12]
The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
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 — 64127/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64127/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64127/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64127/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64127
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64240
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64062
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garchy | 58 | 542 km NE | 424 | 43 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Juire-Champgillon | 85 | 395 km N | 425 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 % |
| Roquecor | 82 | 179 km NE | 400 | 35.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dun-le-Poëlier | 36 | 492 km N | 445 | 33.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Urçay | 03 | 463 km NE | 296 | 34.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 62 % |
| Saint-Michel-de-Bannières | 46 | 273 km NE | 354 | 34.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquecor | 82 | 179 km NE | 400 | 35.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Michel-de-Bannières | 46 | 273 km NE | 354 | 34.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 % |
| Saint-Juire-Champgillon | 85 | 395 km N | 425 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 % |
| Urçay | 03 | 463 km NE | 296 | 34.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 62 % |
| Dun-le-Poëlier | 36 | 492 km N | 445 | 33.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Garchy | 58 | 542 km NE | 424 | 43 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Bielle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limeyrat | 24 | 260 km NE | 424 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Christoly-Médoc | 33 | 258 km N | 297 | 34.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc | 33 | 254 km N | 349 | 32.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cinais | 37 | 458 km N | 372 | 29.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dompierre-sur-Charente | 17 | 294 km N | 477 | 39.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Neuvicq-le-Château | 17 | 306 km N | 365 | 25.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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