Espès-Undurein

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64214

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 19.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Espès-Undurein (INSEE 64214) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 506 (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/64214-espes-undurein

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 17,753 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.69
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ESPES UNDUREIN AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	ESPES UNDUREIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 460 peak 1975: 530 2023: 506 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 508 (2012) → 506 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 522 (1990) → 506 (2023): -3.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 13.3 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.2 km SFood shop — 4.7 km SPharmacy — 5.2 km SGP — 5.9 km S 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 (Viodos-Abense-de-Bas): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chéraute): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mauléon-Licharre): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mauléon-Licharre): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Espès-Undurein): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.6

Days at or below 0 °C 35.8

Muggy days a summer 15.9▸

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-GLADIE weather station, 12.9 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 118 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AICIRITS, 13.5 km away at 75 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,258 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NAVARRENX, 11.7 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64559
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64188
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64371
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64214
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
Couffy	41	478 km N	506	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 68 %
Marcillac-Lanville	16	295 km N	521	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %
Orvillers-Sorel	60	753 km N	513	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Courgenay	89	655 km NE	564	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 7 %
Voillecomte	52	732 km NE	522	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 70 % · humidity 7 %
Bantanges	71	600 km NE	577	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marcillac-Lanville	16	295 km N	521	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %
Couffy	41	478 km N	506	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 68 %
Bantanges	71	600 km NE	577	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %
Courgenay	89	655 km NE	564	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 7 %
Voillecomte	52	732 km NE	522	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 70 % · humidity 7 %
Orvillers-Sorel	60	753 km N	513	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · 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 Espès-Undurein'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
Montsoué	40	59 km NE	566	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vignau	40	74 km NE	522	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Louer	40	54 km N	335	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mouchan	32	118 km NE	376	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Rivehaute	64	8.2 km N	271	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lannepax	32	107 km NE	528	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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