Espelette

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64213

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

Served 71.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Espelette (INSEE 64213) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 2,155 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64213-espelette

Vitality score

Vitality score 71.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 9,124 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	0.81	25	20.15
Social	0.7	20	13.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.8	10	7.97
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE BERTERREIX · CONFISERIE PARIES · PETIT COQ). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON GASTELLOU · ACCOCEBERRY-ETXE PEIO-GORRIAK · XOKOA). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LURRETIK · ETXE PEIO · ACCOCEBERRY · ELIKA DENDA). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA MAISON DU FROMAGE). ^[4]

18 × Restaurant (HOTEL RESTAURANT EUSKADI · KARRIKAN · ETXEA BUFFAT · KIROLAK · SARL ERREKA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST ETIENNE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LEIRE SAGARDUY, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE BOUNY, MÉDECIN · MARIE LOPEZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LACOUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ESPELETTE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CHEZ KANTXA). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT EUZKADI · HOTEL CHILHAR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING PARADIS BIPER GORRI). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE BERTERREIX · CONFISERIE PARIES · PETIT COQ	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	MAISON GASTELLOU · ACCOCEBERRY-ETXE PEIO-GORRIAK · XOKOA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	LURRETIK · ETXE PEIO · ACCOCEBERRY · ELIKA DENDA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	LA MAISON DU FROMAGE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	18	HOTEL RESTAURANT EUSKADI · KARRIKAN · ETXEA BUFFAT · KIROLAK · SARL ERREKA	INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 21 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST ETIENNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	LEIRE SAGARDUY, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE BOUNY, MÉDECIN · MARIE LOPEZ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LACOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ESPELETTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	CHEZ KANTXA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL RESTAURANT EUZKADI · HOTEL CHILHAR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING PARADIS BIPER GORRI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,258 2023: 2,155 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,038 (2012) → 2,155 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,661 (1990) → 2,155 (2023): 29.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,238, of which 7.4 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.6 km WPharmacy — 0.7 km W 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 (Espelette): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Espelette): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Espelette): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Espelette): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Espelette): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.3

Days at or below 0 °C 16.6▸

Muggy days a summer 16.3▸

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ESPELETTE weather station, 1 km away at 97 m; the village itself is at 64 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BIARRITZ-PAYS-BASQUE, 16 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,697 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ESPELETTE, 1 km away at 97 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64213/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64213/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64213/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64213/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64213
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
Sainte-Féréole	19	320 km NE	2,081	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %
Méounes-lès-Montrieux	83	600 km E	2,277	63.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Novalaise	73	625 km NE	2,261	71.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 7 % · humidity 0 %
Rives-d'Autise	85	348 km N	2,036	60.6	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
La Forêt-sur-Sèvre	79	387 km N	2,250	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Sixt-sur-Aff	35	496 km N	2,273	63.4	Served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Féréole	19	320 km NE	2,081	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %
Rives-d'Autise	85	348 km N	2,036	60.6	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
La Forêt-sur-Sèvre	79	387 km N	2,250	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Sixt-sur-Aff	35	496 km N	2,273	63.4	Served	no figures
Méounes-lès-Montrieux	83	600 km E	2,277	63.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Novalaise	73	625 km NE	2,261	71.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 7 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Espelette'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
Samadet	40	84 km NE	1,123	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Larressore	64	3.6 km N	2,163	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lacq	64	67 km E	1,036	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sault-de-Navailles	64	67 km E	976	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Rivière-Saas-et-Gourby	40	45 km NE	1,476	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pouillon	40	47 km NE	3,134	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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