Biriatou

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64130

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

Few services 36.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Biriatou (INSEE 64130) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 1,297 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/64130-biriatou

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 12,712 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BARMOUT · AUBERGE HIRIBARREN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE BIRIATUKO IKASTOLA). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LES JARDINS DE BAKEA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	2	LE BARMOUT · AUBERGE HIRIBARREN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE BIRIATUKO IKASTOLA	INSEE BPE 2 [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	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	LES JARDINS DE BAKEA	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: 577 2023: 1,297 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,140 (2012) → 1,297 (2023): 13.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 694 (1990) → 1,297 (2023): 86.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 614, of which 7.7 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.0 km NWPharmacy — 2.1 km NWBakery — 2.4 km NFood shop — 2.8 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 (Urrugne): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hendaye): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Urrugne): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Urrugne): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Biriatou): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 7.9▸

Muggy days a summer 22.2▸

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 8 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SOCOA weather station, 8.2 km away at 21 m; the village itself is at 53 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 22 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SOCOA, 8.2 km away at 21 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,517 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SOCOA, 8.2 km away at 21 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 — 64130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64545
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64260
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64130
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
Dracé	69	602 km NE	1,212	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %
Fontenay-sur-Loing	45	636 km NE	1,659	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 0 %
Bévenais	38	611 km NE	1,049	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 8 % · humidity 0 %
Jatxou	64	26 km E	1,267	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
La Roche-Neuville	53	511 km N	1,240	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 0 %
Heiteren	68	886 km NE	1,069	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jatxou	64	26 km E	1,267	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
La Roche-Neuville	53	511 km N	1,240	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 0 %
Dracé	69	602 km NE	1,212	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %
Bévenais	38	611 km NE	1,049	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 8 % · humidity 0 %
Fontenay-sur-Loing	45	636 km NE	1,659	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 0 %
Heiteren	68	886 km NE	1,069	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 16 % · 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 Biriatou'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
Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna	2B	871 km E	1,024	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Monticello	2B	873 km E	2,065	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Linguizzetta	2B	922 km E	1,166	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Guéthary	64	15 km NE	1,306	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Aregno	2B	869 km E	588	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Èze	06	735 km E	2,144	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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