Guiche

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64250

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

Few services 36.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guiche (INSEE 64250) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 1,075 (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/64250-guiche

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 13,902 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE DE JADE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE GANTXO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LUCILE GARRA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GUICHE RPC RP). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (LES LAVANDI'HAIR DE GUICHE JESSIE FORTIN · ALLISSON COIFFURE · COIFFURE A DOMICILE MARIE-ANGE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGERIE DE JADE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	LE GANTXO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LUCILE GARRA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	GUICHE RPC RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	LES LAVANDI'HAIR DE GUICHE JESSIE FORTIN · ALLISSON COIFFURE · COIFFURE A DOMICILE MARIE-ANGE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 684 2023: 1,075 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 933 (2012) → 1,075 (2023): 15.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 670 (1990) → 1,075 (2023): 60.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 514, of which 6.8 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 3.9 km SPharmacy — 5.7 km SE 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 (Guiche): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bardos): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Guiche): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bidache): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Guiche): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 27.9

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BIDACHE weather station, 6 km away at 45 m; the village itself is at 89 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,459 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BIDACHE, 6 km away at 45 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64250/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64250/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64250/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64250/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64250
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64123
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
Dracy-le-Fort	71	593 km NE	1,472	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 45 %
Cléden-Poher	29	559 km N	1,130	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 100 %
Exideuil-sur-Vienne	16	303 km NE	1,035	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Sainte-Colombe-la-Commanderie	27	643 km N	841	44.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 61 %
Blan	81	259 km E	1,093	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 86 %
Moulin-Neuf	24	194 km NE	986	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moulin-Neuf	24	194 km NE	986	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Blan	81	259 km E	1,093	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 86 %
Exideuil-sur-Vienne	16	303 km NE	1,035	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Cléden-Poher	29	559 km N	1,130	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 100 %
Dracy-le-Fort	71	593 km NE	1,472	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 45 %
Sainte-Colombe-la-Commanderie	27	643 km N	841	44.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 61 %

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Elsewhere

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