Estérençuby

Identity

Estérençuby (INSEE 64218) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 303 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64218-esterencuby

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,846 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 (SARL ANDREINIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'EPI-TETE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL-RESTAURANT DES SOURCES DE LA NIVE · HOTEL RESTAURANT LARRAMENDY-ANDREINIA). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 356 (2012) → 303 (2023): -14.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 427 (1990) → 303 (2023): -29 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 210, of which 35.2 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): 6.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lecumberry): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 7.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Estérençuby): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MENDIVE_SAPC weather station, 5.5 km away at 292 m; the village itself is at 237 m. ^[12]

The village sits 55 m below 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at BUSTINCE - ST JEAN, 7.5 km away at 189 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,494 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MENDIVE_SAPC, 5.5 km away at 292 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 179,500 € — 1,958 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64218/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64218/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64218/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64218/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64484
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64327
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64485
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64218
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025