Gurs

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Béarn des Gaves · INSEE 64253

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gurs (INSEE 64253) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Béarn des Gaves. Population 418 (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/64253-gurs

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,955 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.6	10	5.97
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE TOQUE DU COIN). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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)	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	1	LE TOQUE DU COIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 GURS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 395 peak 2012: 424 2023: 418 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 424 (2012) → 418 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 381 (1990) → 418 (2023): 9.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 10 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.2 km NWGP — 3.5 km NFood shop — 3.7 km NPharmacy — 4.0 km N 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 (Sus): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Navarrenx): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Susmiou): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Navarrenx): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gurs): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 25.6

Muggy days a summer 15▸

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 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LAGOR weather station, 14.6 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 175 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at OLORON, 20 km away at 295 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 120 m above 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 1,258 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NAVARRENX, 4.2 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64253/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64253/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64253/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64253/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64529
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64416
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64530
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64253
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
Bonnencontre	21	626 km NE	432	36	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 %
Vars-sur-Roseix	19	277 km NE	415	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 27 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne	38	560 km NE	423	23.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 38 %
Argilliers	30	429 km E	436	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 7 %
Foissac	30	415 km E	445	36	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 65 % · humidity 7 %
Oisly	41	486 km N	392	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 59 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vars-sur-Roseix	19	277 km NE	415	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 27 % · humidity 14 %
Foissac	30	415 km E	445	36	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 65 % · humidity 7 %
Argilliers	30	429 km E	436	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 7 %
Oisly	41	486 km N	392	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne	38	560 km NE	423	23.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 38 %
Bonnencontre	21	626 km NE	432	36	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Gurs'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
Arraute-Charritte	64	31 km NW	440	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Serres-Gaston	40	45 km NE	405	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Balansun	64	23 km N	316	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Arbérats-Sillègue	64	21 km W	329	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Laà-Mondrans	64	19 km N	423	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Parbayse	64	18 km E	316	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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