Lurbe-Saint-Christau
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 16.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lurbe-Saint-Christau (INSEE 64360) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Haut Béarn. Population 207 (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 16.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 44 % of the 16,166 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.67 |
| Housing mix | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 215 (2012) → 207 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 214 (1990) → 207 (2023): -3.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 18.4 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Agnos): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Asasp-Arros): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Gurmençon): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Oloron-Sainte-Marie): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Lurbe-Saint-Christau): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the OLORON weather station, 5.4 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 293 m. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at OLORON, 5.4 km away at 295 m, over 18 summers. [13]
An average of 1,477 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at OLORON, 5.4 km away at 295 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64360/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64360/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64360/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64360/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64007
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64064
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64252
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64422
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64360
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidouze | 65 | 58 km NE | 230 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montdauphin | 77 | 710 km NE | 235 | 23.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 % |
| Sainte-Marie-en-Chanois | 70 | 763 km NE | 208 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 % |
| Longvilliers | 62 | 844 km N | 253 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Salerne | 27 | 684 km N | 225 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saix | 86 | 450 km N | 250 | 22.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidouze | 65 | 58 km NE | 230 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saix | 86 | 450 km N | 250 | 22.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Salerne | 27 | 684 km N | 225 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 % |
| Montdauphin | 77 | 710 km NE | 235 | 23.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 % |
| Sainte-Marie-en-Chanois | 70 | 763 km NE | 208 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 % |
| Longvilliers | 62 | 844 km N | 253 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 % |
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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 Lurbe-Saint-Christau'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouterre-sur-Blourde | 86 | 360 km N | 170 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caro | 64 | 50 km W | 170 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arrien | 64 | 42 km NE | 197 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lonçon | 64 | 42 km N | 221 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Livron | 64 | 40 km E | 380 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Anos | 64 | 41 km NE | 174 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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