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Ispoure

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64275

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ispoure (INSEE 64275) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 667 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/64275-ispoure

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 16,643 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.422510.54
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.49104.9
Housing mix0.7353.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PARIS - MANEX). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LAURHIBAR). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (PEÑA ARRADOY). [4]

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1PARIS - MANEXINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1LAURHIBARINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar2PEÑA ARRADOYINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 707 2023: 667 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 618 (2012) → 667 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 674 (1990) → 667 (2023): -1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 352, of which 13.6 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.6 km SW (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port)Bakery — 0.9 km S (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.6 km SWBakery — 0.9 km S 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 (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ispoure): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Ispoure): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BUSTINCE - ST JEAN weather station, 1.9 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 173 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at BUSTINCE - ST JEAN, 1.9 km away at 189 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 1,362 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST-JEAN-LE-VX, 1 km away at 173 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64275/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64275/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64275/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64275/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64485
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64275
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mousseaux-lès-Bray77677 km NE68234Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 %
Naves59855 km N62036.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 21 %
Terdeghem59895 km N51952.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 21 %
Ymeray28636 km N61527.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 %
Torcy-le-Petit76761 km N51832.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 21 %
Hunting57904 km NE67328.2Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ymeray28636 km N61527.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 %
Mousseaux-lès-Bray77677 km NE68234Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 %
Torcy-le-Petit76761 km N51832.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 21 %
Naves59855 km N62036.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 21 %
Terdeghem59895 km N51952.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 21 %
Hunting57904 km NE67328.2Few servicesno figures

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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 Ispoure'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Uhart-Cize641.1 km SW81640.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Armendarits6415 km N39826.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Serres-Sainte-Marie6461 km NE58122.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Castetnau-Camblong6441 km NE46019.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Géronce6445 km E49237Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Esteben6419 km N44219.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %