Castetner
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Castetner (INSEE 64179) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 140 (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/64179-castetner
Vitality score
Vitality score 10.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 19 % of the 13,571 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 | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.35 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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
| 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 [3,4] | |
| 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 144 (2012) → 140 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 151 (1990) → 140 (2023): -7.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 77, of which 6.5 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Biron): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Biron): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Maslacq): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Maslacq): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Loubieng): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ORTHEZ weather station, 6.5 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 179 m. [11]
The village sits 83 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 13 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ORTHEZ, 6.5 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 83 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 1,148 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ARGAGNON, 5.4 km away at 103 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 — 64179/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64179/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64179/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64179/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64131
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64367
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64349
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vahl-lès-Bénestroff | 57 | 840 km NE | 140 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 % |
| Nesle-le-Repons | 51 | 711 km NE | 141 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 % |
| Housséville | 54 | 765 km NE | 139 | 10.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Moussy-Verneuil | 02 | 744 km NE | 141 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 14 % |
| Inaumont | 08 | 782 km NE | 138 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 % |
| Willencourt | 62 | 786 km N | 138 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 80 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nesle-le-Repons | 51 | 711 km NE | 141 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 % |
| Moussy-Verneuil | 02 | 744 km NE | 141 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 14 % |
| Housséville | 54 | 765 km NE | 139 | 10.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Inaumont | 08 | 782 km NE | 138 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 % |
| Willencourt | 62 | 786 km N | 138 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 80 % |
| Vahl-lès-Bénestroff | 57 | 840 km NE | 140 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 % |
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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 Castetner'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanne-Soubiran | 32 | 62 km NE | 141 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plavilla | 11 | 218 km E | 146 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bésingrand | 64 | 17 km SE | 146 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Poey-d'Oloron | 64 | 23 km S | 163 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lacarre | 64 | 44 km SW | 171 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beyrie-en-Béarn | 64 | 24 km E | 197 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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