Laàs

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Béarn des Gaves · INSEE 64287

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

Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laàs (INSEE 64287) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Béarn des Gaves. Population 140 (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 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 13,571 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.54	10	5.37
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	AUBERGE DE LA FONTAINE	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 LAÀS	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	1	AUBERGE DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 150 peak 1975: 152 2023: 140 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 118 (2012) → 140 (2023): 18.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 135 (1990) → 140 (2023): 3.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 80, of which 11.3 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.7 km NBakery — 7.4 km WPharmacy — 7.4 km WGP — 7.5 km WFood shop — 7.6 km W 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 (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 7.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 7.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 7.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Orriule): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.6

Days at or below 0 °C 35.8

Muggy days a summer 15.9▸

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-GLADIE weather station, 6.7 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 97 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AICIRITS, 14.6 km away at 75 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,300 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-GLADIE, 6.7 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64287/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64287/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64287/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64287/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64513
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64428
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
Venisey	70	726 km NE	135	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 %
Bouzeron	71	586 km NE	143	18.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %
Boult-aux-Bois	08	801 km NE	157	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 82 %
Rennepont	52	690 km NE	117	15.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 0 %
Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes	70	664 km NE	159	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Poëzat	03	440 km NE	152	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Poëzat	03	440 km NE	152	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Bouzeron	71	586 km NE	143	18.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %
Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes	70	664 km NE	159	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Rennepont	52	690 km NE	117	15.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 0 %
Venisey	70	726 km NE	135	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 %
Boult-aux-Bois	08	801 km NE	157	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 82 %

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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 Laàs'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-Gladie-Arrive-Munein	64	6.7 km W	193	11	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lichos	64	8.7 km S	127	8.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Araux	64	4.8 km SE	136	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Larreule	64	32 km E	194	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Viellenave-de-Navarrenx	64	5.9 km SE	158	10.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Espiute	64	5.7 km SW	113	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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