Louhossoa

Identity

Louhossoa (INSEE 64350) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 886 (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/64350-louhossoa

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 15,047 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE MOULIN D'ARGI). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (GDIPIZZ · PIZZA CHEZ DIDIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (KAFE MINTZO). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SONIA ABDESSELEM, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE SALGUERO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LOUHOSSOA AP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 890 (2012) → 886 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 521 (1990) → 886 (2023): 70.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 440, of which 10.5 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Louhossoa): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Itxassou): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Louhossoa): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cambo-les-Bains): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Louhossoa): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CAMBO-LES-BAINS weather station, 5.7 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 104 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BUSTINCE - ST JEAN, 19.7 km away at 189 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 85 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,688 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CAMBO-LES-BAINS, 5.7 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

24 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 346,438 € — 1,931 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

10 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 244,850 € — 3,065 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64350/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64350/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64350/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64350/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64350
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64279
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64160
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025