Gère-Bélesten

Identity

Gère-Bélesten (INSEE 64240) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de la Vallée d'Ossau. Population 189 (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/64240-gere-belesten

Vitality score

Vitality score 15/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 15,632 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ANGLAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE MONPLAISIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 198 (2012) → 189 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 151 (1990) → 189 (2023): 25.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 238, of which 55 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bielle): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gère-Bélesten): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laruns): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Arudy): 8.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bielle): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LARUNS-HOURAT weather station, 5 km away at 522 m; the village itself is at 455 m. ^[12]

The village sits 67 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 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at HERRERE, 18.8 km away at 294 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 161 m below 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 1,653 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LARUNS-HOURAT, 5 km away at 522 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

23 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 187,500 € — 1,875 € 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 — 64240/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64240/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64240/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64240/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64127
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64240
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64320
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64062
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025