Géronce

Identity

Géronce (INSEE 64241) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Haut Béarn. Population 492 (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/64241-geronce

Vitality score

Vitality score 37/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,805 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE CARRERE-GEE). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 446 (2012) → 492 (2023): 10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 369 (1990) → 492 (2023): 33.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 250, of which 8 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Geüs-d'Oloron): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Goin): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Geüs-d'Oloron): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Geüs-d'Oloron): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Géronce): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

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. ^[11]

Measured at the OLORON-STE-MARI weather station, 11.2 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 185 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at OLORON, 12.7 km away at 295 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 110 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,258 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NAVARRENX, 10.7 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 195,000 € — 1,274 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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 — 64241/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64241/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64241/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64241/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64244
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64481
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64241
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025