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Bonloc

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64134

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bonloc (INSEE 64134) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 376 (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/64134-bonloc

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 18,022 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9454.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ERRAMUNDEA). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST-JOSEPH). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
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]
Restaurant1ERRAMUNDEAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST-JOSEPHINSEE BPE 1 [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: 189 2023: 376 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 370 (2012) → 376 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 228 (1990) → 376 (2023): 64.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 170, of which 2.9 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.1 km NW (Hasparren)Bakery — 2.8 km NE (Ayherre)Food shop — 3.1 km NW (Hasparren)Pharmacy — 3.5 km NW (Hasparren)
In the commune Primary school GP — 1.1 km NWBakery — 2.8 km NEFood shop — 3.1 km NWPharmacy — 3.5 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 (Ayherre): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hasparren): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Hasparren): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Hasparren): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Bonloc): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LABASTIDE-CLAIR weather station, 7.2 km away at 23 m; the village itself is at 49 m. [11]

An average of 1,394 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LABASTIDE-CLAIR, 7.2 km away at 23 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

8 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 316,000 € — 2,716 € per m² of built surface. [12]

7 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 218,720 € — 2,288 € per m². [12]

The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits above 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64134/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64134/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64134/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64134/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64086
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64256
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64134
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Onard4057 km NE38128.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Souastre62809 km N37526.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 93 %
Mancioux31181 km E38626.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Eslourenties-Daban6491 km E38032.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 91 %
Grigneuseville76724 km N37128.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 95 %
Gizay86367 km N36427.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 80 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Onard4057 km NE38128.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Eslourenties-Daban6491 km E38032.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 91 %
Mancioux31181 km E38626.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Gizay86367 km N36427.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 80 %
Grigneuseville76724 km N37128.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 95 %
Souastre62809 km N37526.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 93 %

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