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Maslacq

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC de Lacq-Orthez · INSEE 64367

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maslacq (INSEE 64367) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 891 (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/64367-maslacq

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 15,008 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.86108.65
Health0.63106.32
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.71107.07
Housing mix0.9454.68

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 2 of 4
Public services 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA PETITE EPICERIE). [3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE JEANNE D ARC). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANDRE LASSAUBE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SOTTILE). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MASLACQ). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON CLAEA). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [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)1LA PETITE EPICERIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE JEANNE D ARCINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1ANDRE LASSAUBE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE SOTTILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1MASLACQ APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MASLACQINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1SALON CLAEAINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 875 peak 2012: 923 2023: 891 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 923 (2012) → 891 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 738 (1990) → 891 (2023): 20.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 411, of which 3.2 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.1 km NE (Argagnon)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.1 km NE 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 (Argagnon): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Maslacq): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Maslacq): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Maslacq): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Maslacq): 0.1 km to the south-west (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 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, 6.9 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 79 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 17 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ORTHEZ, 8.4 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 1,148 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ARGAGNON, 2.2 km away at 103 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 — 64367/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64367/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64367/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64367/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64042
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64367
  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
Prisches59812 km NE1,00031.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %
Bégadan33214 km N89336.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 %
Montestruc-sur-Gers32114 km E69538.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 %
Monts-sur-Guesnes86393 km N92151.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 7 %
Miraumont80784 km N62035.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Leuc11246 km E81948Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montestruc-sur-Gers32114 km E69538.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 %
Bégadan33214 km N89336.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 %
Leuc11246 km E81948Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %
Monts-sur-Guesnes86393 km N92151.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 7 %
Miraumont80784 km N62035.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Prisches59812 km NE1,00031.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 66 % · 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 Maslacq'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
Maransin33185 km N1,06340.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vérac33175 km N88333Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Sault-de-Navailles6412 km N97656.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Baigts-de-Béarn6414 km NW85527.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pardies6412 km SE93042.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Carresse-Cassaber6425 km W66451.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %