Bussunarits-Sarrasquette
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 19.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bussunarits-Sarrasquette (INSEE 64154) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 210 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 19.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 16,281 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.65 | 10 | 6.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.67 | 5 | 3.36 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT GAMIA). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
| 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 | 1 | RESTAURANT GAMIA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 170 (2012) → 210 (2023): 23.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 182 (1990) → 210 (2023): 15.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 110, of which 16.4 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BUSTINCE - ST JEAN weather station, 3.5 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 210 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BUSTINCE - ST JEAN, 3.5 km away at 189 m, over 21 summers. [11]
An average of 1,307 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BUSTINCE - ST JEAN, 3.5 km away at 189 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 — 64154/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64154/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64154/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64154/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64484
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64485
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64008
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irais | 79 | 422 km N | 209 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 21 % |
| Ménil-Hermei | 61 | 633 km N | 208 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 % |
| La Villedieu | 17 | 329 km N | 200 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 % |
| Razines | 37 | 441 km N | 218 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 36 % |
| Mélisey | 89 | 668 km NE | 223 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Clair | 86 | 425 km N | 209 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Villedieu | 17 | 329 km N | 200 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 % |
| Irais | 79 | 422 km N | 209 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Clair | 86 | 425 km N | 209 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 % |
| Razines | 37 | 441 km N | 218 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 36 % |
| Ménil-Hermei | 61 | 633 km N | 208 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 % |
| Mélisey | 89 | 668 km NE | 223 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Bussunarits-Sarrasquette'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arboucave | 40 | 77 km NE | 220 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lacarre | 64 | 3.0 km N | 171 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Irouléguy | 64 | 11 km W | 364 | 26.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Classun | 40 | 86 km NE | 242 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beyrie-en-Béarn | 64 | 61 km NE | 197 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coulonges | 17 | 278 km N | 222 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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