Buziet

Identity

Buziet (INSEE 64156) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Haut Béarn. Population 479 (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/64156-buziet

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 17,879 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.

Services

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BUZIET POINT LECTURE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 484 (2012) → 479 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 369 (1990) → 479 (2023): 29.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 239, of which 9.2 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Buzy): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ogeu-les-Bains): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ogeu-les-Bains): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ogeu-les-Bains): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Buziet): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the HERRERE weather station, 7.3 km away at 294 m; the village itself is at 347 m. ^[11]

The village sits 53 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at HERRERE, 7.3 km away at 294 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 53 m below 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 1,328 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at HERRERE, 7.3 km away at 294 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 — 64156/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64156/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64156/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64156/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64157
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64421
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64156
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024