Castéra-Loubix
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Castéra-Loubix (INSEE 64174) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 51 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 14/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 72 % of the 4,938 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.86 |
| Housing mix | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
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
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 54 (2012) → 51 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 43 (1990) → 51 (2023): 18.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 35, of which 0 % second homes and 17.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Labatut-Figuières): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vic-en-Bigorre): 7.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Vic-en-Bigorre): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vic-en-Bigorre): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Pontiacq-Viellepinte): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LEMBEYE weather station, 8.2 km away at 310 m; the village itself is at 317 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at GER, 18.7 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. [11]
That station sits 93 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 1,024 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MONTANER, 6.7 km away at 325 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 — 64174/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64174/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64174/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64174/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64293
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65460
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64454
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeux-lès-Bard | 21 | 568 km NE | 52 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 55 % · humidity 36 % |
| Palaiseul | 52 | 644 km NE | 52 | 9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 19 % · humidity 36 % |
| Villeroy-sur-Méholle | 55 | 723 km NE | 52 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 16 % · humidity 36 % |
| Dommartin-lès-Vallois | 88 | 710 km NE | 52 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-Valery | 60 | 716 km N | 53 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 29 % |
| Neufvillage | 57 | 808 km NE | 49 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeux-lès-Bard | 21 | 568 km NE | 52 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 55 % · humidity 36 % |
| Palaiseul | 52 | 644 km NE | 52 | 9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 19 % · humidity 36 % |
| Dommartin-lès-Vallois | 88 | 710 km NE | 52 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-Valery | 60 | 716 km N | 53 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 29 % |
| Villeroy-sur-Méholle | 55 | 723 km NE | 52 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 16 % · humidity 36 % |
| Neufvillage | 57 | 808 km NE | 49 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Castéra-Loubix'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucarré | 64 | 4.1 km W | 64 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Scieurac-et-Flourès | 32 | 26 km NE | 44 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Moumoulous | 65 | 23 km E | 45 | 6.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mascaras | 32 | 27 km NE | 56 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pomy | 11 | 174 km E | 51 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mansan | 65 | 20 km E | 39 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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