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Larreule

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC des Luys en Béarn · INSEE 64318

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

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Larreule (INSEE 64318) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC des Luys en Béarn. Population 194 (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/64318-larreule

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 15,809 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.71107.12
Housing mix0.9154.55

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 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

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, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 186 2023: 194 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 165 (2012) → 194 (2023): 17.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 160 (1990) → 194 (2023): 21.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 89, of which 4.5 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.2 km E (Fichous-Riumayou)Food shop — 3.6 km S (Mazerolles)Bakery — 3.7 km S (Mazerolles)GP — 3.7 km S (Mazerolles)Pharmacy — 3.7 km S (Mazerolles)
Primary school — 2.2 km EFood shop — 3.6 km SBakery — 3.7 km SGP — 3.7 km SPharmacy — 3.7 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 (Mazerolles): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mazerolles): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Mazerolles): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Mazerolles): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Fichous-Riumayou): 2.2 km to the east (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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the POMPS weather station, 5.8 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 125 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 11.4 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 58 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 1,050 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at POMPS, 5.8 km away at 130 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 — 64318/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64318/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64318/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64318/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64374
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64226
  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
Bonboillon70645 km NE19527.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · humidity 7 %
Jussecourt-Minecourt51716 km NE19319.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 7 %
Marmagne21595 km NE19517.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Rambucourt55765 km NE19422.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %
Trouans10678 km NE20018.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 61 %
Chanteraine55733 km NE18718.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Marmagne21595 km NE19517.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Bonboillon70645 km NE19527.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · humidity 7 %
Trouans10678 km NE20018.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 61 %
Jussecourt-Minecourt51716 km NE19319.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 7 %
Chanteraine55733 km NE18718.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %
Rambucourt55765 km NE19422.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 24 % · 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 Larreule'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
Montfort6433 km W19611.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Athos-Aspis6441 km W21317.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Guinarthe-Parenties6440 km W22710.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bouillon642.9 km NW15917.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Araujuzon6431 km SW18925.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Labastide-Chalosse4019 km NW17213.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %