Ance Féas

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Haut Béarn · INSEE 64225

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

Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ance Féas (INSEE 64225) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Haut Béarn. Population 624 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Ance (64020). ^[3]

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 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 16,857 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.49	10	4.9
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (R V PIZZA). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ ZELIE). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FEAS RP). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR DES VALLEES). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU VIEUX MOULIN). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	R V PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ ZELIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	FEAS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	3	L'HAIR DES VALLEES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU VIEUX MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 513 peak 2012: 659 2023: 624 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 659 (2012) → 624 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 630 (1990) → 624 (2023): -1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 361, of which 10 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km NFood shop — 4.7 km SWPharmacy — 4.8 km SWGP — 6.2 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 (Ance Féas): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Aramits): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Oloron-Sainte-Marie): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Aramits): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ance Féas): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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 11.2▸

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, 8.1 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 242 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at OLORON, 8.8 km away at 295 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 53 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,620 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARETTE, 6.7 km away at 426 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 — 64225/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64225/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64225/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64225/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64422
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
Le Cergne	42	514 km NE	622	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 49 % · humidity 21 %
Mouzay	55	835 km NE	651	39	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Marcel	73	632 km NE	611	38	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Jean-d'Angle	17	297 km N	699	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Mézières-sur-Ponthouin	72	565 km N	725	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Villiers-au-Bouin	37	498 km N	727	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jean-d'Angle	17	297 km N	699	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Villiers-au-Bouin	37	498 km N	727	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Le Cergne	42	514 km NE	622	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 49 % · humidity 21 %
Mézières-sur-Ponthouin	72	565 km N	725	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Marcel	73	632 km NE	611	38	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 47 %
Mouzay	55	835 km NE	651	39	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Ance Féas'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
Bougarber	64	32 km NE	889	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Rieucros	09	200 km E	718	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Viodos-Abense-de-Bas	64	18 km NW	747	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Épargnes	17	266 km N	947	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bosdarros	64	27 km E	962	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Caubios-Loos	64	37 km NE	683	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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