Guéthary

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64249

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

Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guéthary (INSEE 64249) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 1,306 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/64249-guethary

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 12,639 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.89	20	17.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.68	10	6.82
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

18 × Restaurant (SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION BRIKETENIA · COMPAGNIE DES OUVRAGES · PAUL @T HOME · PARLEMENTIA SPOT). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (PROVIDENCE GUETHARY). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALBERT LARROUSSET). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANDRE LENDRAT, MÉDECIN · CAROLE BOSC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE GUETHARY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GUETHARY PRESSE VOIE UNE LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GUÉTHARY). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (GETARI ENEA). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'EFFET COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (HOTEL BRIKETENIA · HOTEL VILLA CATARIE · LE MADRID). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	18	SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION BRIKETENIA · COMPAGNIE DES OUVRAGES · PAUL @T HOME · PARLEMENTIA SPOT	INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	PROVIDENCE GUETHARY	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALBERT LARROUSSET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANDRE LENDRAT, MÉDECIN · CAROLE BOSC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE GUETHARY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	GUETHARY PRESSE VOIE UNE LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GUÉTHARY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	GETARI ENEA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	L'EFFET COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	3	HOTEL BRIKETENIA · HOTEL VILLA CATARIE · LE MADRID	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 1,034 peak 2007: 1,327 2023: 1,306 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,304 (2012) → 1,306 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,105 (1990) → 1,306 (2023): 18.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,429, of which 52 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.7 km SW 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 (Guéthary): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Guéthary): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Guéthary): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Guéthary): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Guéthary): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 7.9▸

Muggy days a summer 22.2▸

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 8 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SOCOA weather station, 7.1 km away at 21 m; the village itself is at 35 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 22 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at SOCOA, 7.1 km away at 21 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,517 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SOCOA, 7.1 km away at 21 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64249/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64249/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64249/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64249/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64249
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
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	06	721 km E	1,531	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 %
Bouzigues	34	425 km E	1,601	56.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lancieux	22	578 km N	1,611	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Briac-sur-Mer	35	579 km N	2,258	56.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Chaffrey	05	676 km E	1,494	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Cabris	06	684 km E	1,450	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bouzigues	34	425 km E	1,601	56.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lancieux	22	578 km N	1,611	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Briac-sur-Mer	35	579 km N	2,258	56.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Chaffrey	05	676 km E	1,494	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Cabris	06	684 km E	1,450	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	06	721 km E	1,531	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Guéthary'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
Collioure	66	395 km E	2,756	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Èze	06	723 km E	2,144	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Aregno	2B	859 km E	588	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Monticello	2B	863 km E	2,065	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Linguizzetta	2B	912 km E	1,166	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna	2B	861 km E	1,024	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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