Cardesse

Identity

Cardesse (INSEE 64165) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 293 (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/64165-cardesse

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,750 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 269 (2012) → 293 (2023): 8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 289 (1990) → 293 (2023): 1.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 5.7 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Verdets): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Monein): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lucq-de-Béarn): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Monein): 7.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cardesse): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONEIN weather station, 6.2 km away at 241 m; the village itself is at 183 m. ^[12]

The village sits 58 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 17 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at HERRERE, 11.2 km away at 294 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 111 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,219 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONEIN, 6.2 km away at 241 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64165/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64165/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64165/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64165/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64551
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64393
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64359
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64165
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024