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Caubios-Loos

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC des Luys en Béarn · INSEE 64183

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Caubios-Loos (INSEE 64183) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC des Luys en Béarn. Population 683 (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/64183-caubios-loos

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 16,470 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.954.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUGUSTE ET CAPUCINE). [3]

1 × Restaurant (LE COMPTOIR DES CRUS). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AUGUSTE ET CAPUCINEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE COMPTOIR DES CRUSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 209 2023: 683 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 506 (2012) → 683 (2023): 35 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 349 (1990) → 683 (2023): 95.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 291, of which 4.8 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.5 km S (Caubios-Loos)Bakery — 0.9 km SE (Caubios-Loos)Food shop — 1.9 km SE (Sauvagnon)GP — 1.9 km SE (Sauvagnon)Pharmacy — 1.9 km SE (Sauvagnon)
Primary school — 0.5 km SBakery — 0.9 km SEFood shop — 1.9 km SEGP — 1.9 km SEPharmacy — 1.9 km SE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Caubios-Loos): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sauvagnon): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Sauvagnon): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sauvagnon): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Caubios-Loos): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the PAU-UZEIN weather station, 3.5 km away at 183 m; the village itself is at 200 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 3.5 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 1,100 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PAU-UZEIN, 3.5 km away at 183 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64183/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64183/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64183/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64183/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64183
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64511
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Maximin38558 km NE68937.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 64 %
Porcheux60682 km N67741Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 14 %
Annoisin-Chatelans38521 km NE71938.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 14 %
Ceffonds52689 km NE66536.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 %
Montceaux-lès-Meaux77667 km N66935.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 14 %
La Ferrière-Bochard61556 km N70935.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Annoisin-Chatelans38521 km NE71938.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 14 %
La Ferrière-Bochard61556 km N70935.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Maximin38558 km NE68937.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 64 %
Montceaux-lès-Meaux77667 km N66935.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 14 %
Porcheux60682 km N67741Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 14 %
Ceffonds52689 km NE66536.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Caubios-Loos'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Viodos-Abense-de-Bas6443 km SW74738.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Moumour6430 km SW81440.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Momas645.0 km NW60432.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Misson4049 km NW82830.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Espoey6427 km SE1,22339.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Gabaston6417 km E67320.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %