Lahontan

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Béarn des Gaves · INSEE 64305

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

Few services 28.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lahontan (INSEE 64305) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Béarn des Gaves. Population 536 (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/64305-lahontan

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,581 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.66	10	6.58
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PASTIS TOUT SIMPLEMENT). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LBPD). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	LE PASTIS TOUT SIMPLEMENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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 LAHONTAN	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	1	LBPD	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: 513 2023: 536 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 478 (2012) → 536 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 463 (1990) → 536 (2023): 15.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 4.3 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.4 km NWPharmacy — 2.4 km NWFood shop — 2.5 km NW 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 (Lahontan): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Labatut): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Labatut): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Labatut): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lahontan): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.6

Days at or below 0 °C 32.5

Muggy days a summer 19.4▸

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BELLOCQ-PUYOO weather station, 4.4 km away at 49 m; the village itself is at 29 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ORTHEZ, 17.6 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 67 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,211 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BELLOCQ-PUYOO, 4.4 km away at 49 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 — 64305/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64305/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64305/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64305/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64305
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40132
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
Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle	87	307 km NE	540	31	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Fresne-le-Plan	76	677 km N	554	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-Roc	79	328 km N	558	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 %
Moras	38	548 km NE	520	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Nompatelize	88	806 km NE	547	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Bussy-Albieux	42	469 km NE	547	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle	87	307 km NE	540	31	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-Roc	79	328 km N	558	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 %
Bussy-Albieux	42	469 km NE	547	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Moras	38	548 km NE	520	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Fresne-le-Plan	76	677 km N	554	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Nompatelize	88	806 km NE	547	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · 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 Lahontan'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
Hagetaubin	64	29 km E	568	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Casteide-Candau	64	33 km E	283	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Mont	64	28 km SE	1,146	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Baigts-de-Béarn	64	11 km E	855	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Dognen	64	33 km SE	225	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Ramous	64	5.8 km E	470	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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