Idaux-Mendy

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64268

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

Few services 26.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Idaux-Mendy (INSEE 64268) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 267 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,524 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	0.6	10	6.03
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ARBAILA	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 229 peak 2017: 270 2023: 267 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 262 (2012) → 267 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 242 (1990) → 267 (2023): 10.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 10.9 % second homes and 0.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km SEBakery — 2.1 km EGP — 5.3 km NEPharmacy — 6.0 km NE 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 (Menditte): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Menditte): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mauléon-Licharre): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mauléon-Licharre): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Idaux-Mendy): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.6

Days at or below 0 °C 20.5

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LICQ-ATHEREY weather station, 14.3 km away at 288 m; the village itself is at 186 m. ^[11]

The village sits 102 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]

An average of 1,367 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TROIS-VILLES, 5.6 km away at 216 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 — 64268/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64268/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64268/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64268/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64378
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64371
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64268
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
Outriaz	01	604 km NE	263	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 0 %
Lazenay	18	492 km NE	276	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 54 %
Lourouer-Saint-Laurent	36	447 km NE	245	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 49 %
Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre	59	846 km NE	272	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 59 %
Gabat	64	24 km NW	274	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Paul-de-Fourques	27	685 km N	277	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gabat	64	24 km NW	274	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Lourouer-Saint-Laurent	36	447 km NE	245	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 49 %
Lazenay	18	492 km NE	276	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 54 %
Outriaz	01	604 km NE	263	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Paul-de-Fourques	27	685 km N	277	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 57 %
Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre	59	846 km NE	272	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 59 %

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