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Mazerolles

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC des Luys en Béarn · INSEE 64374

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

Partly served 51.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mazerolles (INSEE 64374) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC des Luys en Béarn. Population 1,194 (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/64374-mazerolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 13,240 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 food0.34258.55
Social0.39207.87
Education0.39103.93
Health0.66106.56
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9954.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SOCIETE D EXPLOITATION LARQUIER ET FILS · LA MIE D'ICI). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L. LARRAMENDY). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZERIA GEPETTO). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GAETAN FROISSARD, MÉDECIN · LUDOVIC GOESTCHEL, MÉDECIN · MICKAEL CAZENAVE, MÉDECIN · EMELINE CONSTANTIN, MÉDECIN · FAUSTINE MINGUILLON, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MAZEROLLES RP). [3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (DOJO TENNIS SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON M). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2SOCIETE D EXPLOITATION LARQUIER ET FILS · LA MIE D'ICIINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1L. LARRAMENDYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1PIZZERIA GEPETTOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5GAETAN FROISSARD, MÉDECIN · LUDOVIC GOESTCHEL, MÉDECIN · MICKAEL CAZENAVE, MÉDECIN · EMELINE CONSTANTIN, MÉDECIN · FAUSTINE MINGUILLON, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE GENEVIEVE LANUSSEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1MAZEROLLES RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MAZEROLLESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1DOJO TENNIS SALLE DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LE SALON MINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 442 2023: 1,194 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,030 (2012) → 1,194 (2023): 15.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 643 (1990) → 1,194 (2023): 85.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 508, of which 0.6 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mazerolles): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Mazerolles): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Mazerolles): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Mazerolles): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

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. [9]

Measured at the POMPS weather station, 7.6 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 145 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 8.3 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 1,050 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at POMPS, 7.6 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64374/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64374/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64374/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64374/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64374
  9. 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
Paillencourt59807 km N1,03048.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 %
La Celle-Saint-Avant37406 km N1,07947.5Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 21 %
Razès87321 km NE1,15048.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 46 %
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux35547 km N1,32650.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 91 % · humidity 14 %
Nielles-lès-Bléquin62825 km N90265ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 86 % · humidity 14 %
Montierchaume36418 km NE1,62444.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Razès87321 km NE1,15048.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 46 %
La Celle-Saint-Avant37406 km N1,07947.5Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 21 %
Montierchaume36418 km NE1,62444.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux35547 km N1,32650.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 91 % · humidity 14 %
Paillencourt59807 km N1,03048.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 %
Nielles-lès-Bléquin62825 km N90265ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 86 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Mazerolles'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
Arthez-de-Béarn6412 km W1,83755.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Castelnau d'Auzan Labarrère3271 km NE1,18733.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Montfort-en-Chalosse4042 km NW1,24252.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sauternes33121 km N78860.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Gondrin3275 km NE1,17543.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mons33124 km N1,24039.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %