Biron

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC de Lacq-Orthez · INSEE 64131

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 46/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Biron (INSEE 64131) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 595 (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/64131-biron

Vitality score

Vitality score 46/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,131 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.25
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PIERRE ET BERNADETTE GUENARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AUBERGE ESCUDE QUILLET · SHEHERAZADE · RESTAURANT LA BOUCHERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LO PORTALE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BIRON-CASTETNER-SARPOURENX). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL GREET ORTHEZ BEARN). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PIERRE ET BERNADETTE GUENARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	3	AUBERGE ESCUDE QUILLET · SHEHERAZADE · RESTAURANT LA BOUCHERIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LO PORTALE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BIRON-CASTETNER-SARPOURENX	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL GREET ORTHEZ BEARN	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: 405 peak 2017: 679 2023: 595 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 610 (2012) → 595 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 529 (1990) → 595 (2023): 12.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 0.9 km SEPrimary school — 1.0 km EPharmacy — 2.0 km NGP — 3.4 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 (Biron): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Biron): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Orthez): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Orthez): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Biron): 1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.7

Days at or below 0 °C 27.3

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ORTHEZ weather station, 4.2 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 63 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 17 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ORTHEZ, 4.2 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,212 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ORTHEZ, 4.2 km away at 96 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64131
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64430
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
Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse	42	472 km NE	590	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Anais	16	268 km N	587	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Origny-le-Sec	10	656 km NE	604	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 57 %
Volckerinckhove	59	852 km N	573	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Sceaux-sur-Huisne	72	526 km N	587	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Goos	40	32 km NW	531	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Goos	40	32 km NW	531	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Anais	16	268 km N	587	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse	42	472 km NE	590	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Sceaux-sur-Huisne	72	526 km N	587	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Origny-le-Sec	10	656 km NE	604	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 57 %
Volckerinckhove	59	852 km N	573	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · 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 Biron'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
Cauneille	40	27 km W	804	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sallespisse	64	6.7 km N	591	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Os-Marsillon	64	13 km SE	547	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Yzosse	40	35 km NW	386	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pandelon	40	33 km NW	749	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gurs	64	20 km S	418	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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