Gurmençon
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gurmençon (INSEE 64252) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Haut Béarn. Population 867 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
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 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 43 % of the 15,194 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.64 | 10 | 6.36 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.28 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ TONO). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SIMONA GLAVAN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GURMENÇON). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (IDEE'AL). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (LE VAL DU GAVE D ASPE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | CHEZ TONO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | SIMONA GLAVAN, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GURMENÇON | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | IDEE'AL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Campsite | 1 | LE VAL DU GAVE D ASPE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 814 (2012) → 867 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 763 (1990) → 867 (2023): 13.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 417, of which 7.2 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Agnos): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Gurmençon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Gurmençon): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Oloron-Sainte-Marie): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Gurmençon): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the OLORON weather station, 1.5 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 264 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at OLORON, 1.5 km away at 295 m, over 18 summers. [11]
An average of 1,477 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at OLORON, 1.5 km away at 295 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
38 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 181,325 € — 1,660 € 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64252/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64252/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64252/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64252/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64007
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64252
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64422
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villiers-le-Mahieu | 78 | 660 km N | 888 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 % |
| Fresnoy-en-Thelle | 60 | 707 km N | 871 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 % |
| Gajan | 30 | 397 km E | 789 | 26.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 % |
| Gray-la-Ville | 70 | 678 km NE | 928 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 % |
| Urschenheim | 68 | 833 km NE | 808 | 30.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 % |
| Vandoncourt | 25 | 757 km NE | 788 | 38 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gajan | 30 | 397 km E | 789 | 26.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 % |
| Villiers-le-Mahieu | 78 | 660 km N | 888 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 % |
| Gray-la-Ville | 70 | 678 km NE | 928 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 % |
| Fresnoy-en-Thelle | 60 | 707 km N | 871 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 % |
| Vandoncourt | 25 | 757 km NE | 788 | 38 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 43 % |
| Urschenheim | 68 | 833 km NE | 808 | 30.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Gurmençon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louey | 65 | 50 km E | 1,124 | 27.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Agnos | 64 | 2.1 km NW | 1,044 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lanne | 65 | 50 km E | 598 | 32.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Horgues | 65 | 56 km E | 1,287 | 32.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bénac | 65 | 50 km E | 528 | 29.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Salles-Adour | 65 | 57 km E | 568 | 36.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
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