Lahourcade

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC de Lacq-Orthez · INSEE 64306

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

Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lahourcade (INSEE 64306) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 709 (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/64306-lahourcade

Vitality score

Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 16,352 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	0.48	10	4.79
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

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 1 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 (LO TIRA CAP). ^[4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (TENDANC'ELODIE). ^[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	LO TIRA CAP	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	TENDANC'ELODIE	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: 644 peak 1990: 724 2023: 709 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 718 (2012) → 709 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 724 (1990) → 709 (2023): -2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 356, of which 3.7 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.9 km NWGP — 2.0 km NWBakery — 2.1 km NWFood shop — 2.1 km N 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 (Mourenx): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mourenx): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mourenx): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mourenx): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lahourcade): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 25.6

Muggy days a summer 15.1▸

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAGOR weather station, 4.5 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 126 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 16.7 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 57 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 1,133 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LAGOR, 4.5 km away at 125 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 — 64306/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64306/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64306/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64306/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64410
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64306
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
Honguemare-Guenouville	27	678 km N	704	27.9	Few services	no figures
Les Métairies	16	264 km N	707	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Juaye-Mondaye	14	651 km N	703	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 7 %
Panossas	38	529 km NE	696	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 7 %
Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps	33	186 km N	740	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
Lacrost	71	563 km NE	690	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps	33	186 km N	740	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
Les Métairies	16	264 km N	707	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Panossas	38	529 km NE	696	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 7 %
Lacrost	71	563 km NE	690	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %
Juaye-Mondaye	14	651 km N	703	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 7 %
Honguemare-Guenouville	27	678 km N	704	27.9	Few services	no 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 Lahourcade'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
Bonnut	64	25 km NW	777	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Castétis	64	15 km NW	645	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Bonzac	33	187 km N	805	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Bois	33	188 km N	845	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Serres-Sainte-Marie	64	8.5 km NE	581	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Savignac-de-l'Isle	33	184 km N	612	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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