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Bourdettes

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC Pays de Nay · INSEE 64145

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 17.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bourdettes (INSEE 64145) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC Pays de Nay. Population 503 (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/64145-bourdettes

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 17,741 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9554.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

2 × Hairdresser (DESIGN HAIR). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 [3,4]
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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser2DESIGN HAIRINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 216 peak 2017: 515 2023: 503 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 477 (2012) → 503 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 297 (1990) → 503 (2023): 69.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 226, of which 2.7 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.8 km W (Arros-de-Nay)GP — 1.6 km NW (Saint-Abit)Food shop — 1.7 km SE (Nay)Pharmacy — 2.0 km SE (Nay)Bakery — 2.1 km SE (Nay)
Primary school — 0.8 km WGP — 1.6 km NWFood shop — 1.7 km SEPharmacy — 2.0 km SEBakery — 2.1 km SE 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 (Nay): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Nay): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Abit): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Nay): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Arros-de-Nay): 0.8 km to the west (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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BENEJACQ weather station, 4.5 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 245 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at GER, 16.2 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. [11]

That station sits 165 m above 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 1,230 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BENEJACQ, 4.5 km away at 255 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64145/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64145/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64145/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64145/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64417
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64469
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64054
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Loup-Hors14675 km N50417.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 %
Coinces45558 km N50114.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 7 %
Ernestviller57858 km NE50311No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 7 %
Brouchy80770 km N4958.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 7 %
Kœstlach68759 km NE50514.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-André-de-Messei61612 km N51810.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 7 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Coinces45558 km N50114.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-André-de-Messei61612 km N51810.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Loup-Hors14675 km N50417.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 %
Kœstlach68759 km NE50514.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 7 %
Brouchy80770 km N4958.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 7 %
Ernestviller57858 km NE50311No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Bourdettes'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Neaux42468 km NE48522.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-de-Baroille42457 km NE46024.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bretagne-d'Armagnac3284 km NE40820.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Lheurine17260 km N53327.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Pardies-Piétat642.8 km NW43428.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Celles17268 km N32921.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %