Halsou

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64255

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Halsou (INSEE 64255) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 589 (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/64255-halsou

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,178 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	5	0
Population trend	0.83	10	8.3
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.14

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 0 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 BOUXON). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE MAURICE HARRIET). ^[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, Library. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 BOUXON	INSEE BPE 1 / 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 PRIVEE MAURICE HARRIET	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	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	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: 290 peak 2017: 595 2023: 589 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 532 (2012) → 589 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 443 (1990) → 589 (2023): 33 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 301, of which 8.6 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km SWGP — 0.9 km SWBakery — 1.6 km SWPharmacy — 2.4 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 (Larressore): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Larressore): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Larressore): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cambo-les-Bains): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.5

Days at or below 0 °C 14.1▸

Muggy days a summer 16.3▸

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ESPELETTE weather station, 3.7 km away at 97 m; the village itself is at 32 m. ^[11]

The village sits 65 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BIARRITZ-PAYS-BASQUE, 13.6 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,697 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ESPELETTE, 3.7 km away at 97 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 — 64255/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64255/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64255/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64255/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64317
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64160
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64255
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
Beaurecueil	13	563 km E	585	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 9 % · humidity 0 %
La Calotterie	62	825 km N	582	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé	69	540 km NE	575	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Mons	63	481 km NE	578	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 %
Montoldre	03	505 km NE	590	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 7 %
Rovon	38	584 km NE	605	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mons	63	481 km NE	578	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 %
Montoldre	03	505 km NE	590	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé	69	540 km NE	575	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Beaurecueil	13	563 km E	585	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 9 % · humidity 0 %
Rovon	38	584 km NE	605	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 14 %
La Calotterie	62	825 km N	582	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 73 % · 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 Halsou'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
Saint-Pandelon	40	45 km NE	749	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bénesse-lès-Dax	40	43 km NE	598	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Gaas	40	41 km NE	470	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Coudures	40	81 km NE	571	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Serres-Gaston	40	80 km NE	405	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Aubagnan	40	82 km NE	277	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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