Cescau

Identity

Cescau (INSEE 64184) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 630 (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/64184-cescau

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 16,846 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE POURTUCHAA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CESCAU MÉDIATHÈQUE HENRI BLANC-GARIN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 530 (2012) → 630 (2023): 18.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 358 (1990) → 630 (2023): 76 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 263, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mazerolles): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mazerolles): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mazerolles): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mazerolles): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cescau): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PAU-UZEIN weather station, 7.4 km away at 183 m; the village itself is at 263 m. ^[10]

The village sits 80 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 7.4 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 80 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[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, 7.4 km away at 183 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

13 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 262,870 € — 1,109 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64184/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64184/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64184/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64184/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64374
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64184
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025