Esquiule

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Haut Béarn · INSEE 64217

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

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Esquiule (INSEE 64217) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Haut Béarn. Population 522 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,706 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.5	10	4.98
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (TRINQUET CHATEAU · KYBO). ^[3,4]

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

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

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	TRINQUET CHATEAU · KYBO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ESQUIULE	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	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

1968: 538 peak 2007: 542 2023: 522 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 538 (2012) → 522 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 523 (1990) → 522 (2023): -0.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 289, of which 7.6 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km SEFood shop — 4.6 km NEGP — 4.8 km WPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Ance Féas): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moumour): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Barcus): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Barcus): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Esquiule): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.2

Days at or below 0 °C 34.3

Muggy days a summer 9.4

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 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the OLORON-STE-MARI weather station, 10 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 268 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at OLORON, 11.2 km away at 295 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,365 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at OLORON-STE-MARI, 10 km away at 235 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 162,000 € — 1,066 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64217/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64217/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64217/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64217/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64409
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64217
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Morlhon-le-Haut	12	256 km NE	555	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 %
Cherier	42	478 km NE	523	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Petit-Auverné	44	493 km N	434	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 89 %
Trézioux	63	435 km NE	502	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 43 %
Almont-les-Junies	12	287 km NE	437	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Loscouët-sur-Meu	22	567 km N	659	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Morlhon-le-Haut	12	256 km NE	555	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 %
Almont-les-Junies	12	287 km NE	437	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Trézioux	63	435 km NE	502	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 43 %
Cherier	42	478 km NE	523	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Petit-Auverné	44	493 km N	434	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 89 %
Loscouët-sur-Meu	22	567 km N	659	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Esquiule'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
Dun	09	205 km E	657	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Dizant-du-Gua	17	249 km N	499	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Guimps	16	255 km N	497	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Beyrie-sur-Joyeuse	64	33 km NW	561	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Ouillon	64	42 km E	553	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Eysus	64	12 km SE	625	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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