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Etchebar

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64222

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Etchebar (INSEE 64222) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 75 (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/64222-etchebar

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 7,944 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.38103.82
Housing mix0.7953.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 101 2023: 75 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 70 (2012) → 75 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 85 (1990) → 75 (2023): -11.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 39, of which 10.3 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.9 km NW (Alçay-Alçabéhéty-Sunharette)Food shop — 4.4 km NE (Tardets-Sorholus)GP — 4.4 km NE (Tardets-Sorholus)Bakery — 4.5 km NE (Tardets-Sorholus)Pharmacy — 4.5 km NE (Tardets-Sorholus)
Primary school — 1.9 km NWFood shop — 4.4 km NEGP — 4.4 km NEBakery — 4.5 km NEPharmacy — 4.5 km NE 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 (Tardets-Sorholus): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Tardets-Sorholus): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Tardets-Sorholus): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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

Primary school (Alçay-Alçabéhéty-Sunharette): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LICQ-ATHEREY weather station, 3.9 km away at 288 m; the village itself is at 347 m. [10]

The village sits 59 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 18 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at IRATY ORGAMBIDE, 12.7 km away at 1,427 m, over 19 summers. [10]

That station sits 1,080 m above 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 1,493 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LICQ-ATHEREY, 3.9 km away at 288 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64222/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64222/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64222/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64222/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64533
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64015
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pizieux72590 km N758.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 97 %
Bettancourt-la-Longue51779 km NE7510.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %
Saignes46288 km NE7412.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Villers-Agron-Aiguizy02763 km NE759.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 51 %
Les Places27682 km N7314.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Mun6597 km E748.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mun6597 km E748.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
Saignes46288 km NE7412.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Pizieux72590 km N758.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 97 %
Les Places27682 km N7314.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Villers-Agron-Aiguizy02763 km NE759.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 51 %
Bettancourt-la-Longue51779 km NE7510.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %

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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 Etchebar'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Haux643.6 km E8414.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lacarry-Arhan-Charritte-de-Haut642.6 km W1096No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %