Mendionde

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64377

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mendionde (INSEE 64377) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 854 (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/64377-mendionde

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 15,268 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.69	10	6.86
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE BAIGURA IKASTOLA). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (RESTAURANT HOTEL DERMIT). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE BAIGURA IKASTOLA	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	MENDIONDE LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	RESTAURANT HOTEL DERMIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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

1968: 732 2023: 854 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 834 (2012) → 854 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 720 (1990) → 854 (2023): 18.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 424, of which 10.4 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km NWGP — 4.2 km NEFood shop — 4.7 km NPharmacy — 4.8 km N 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 (Hasparren): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hasparren): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Hasparren): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Hasparren): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mendionde): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.7

Days at or below 0 °C 22.2

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CAMBO-LES-BAINS weather station, 7.2 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[10]

The village sits 98 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

An average of 1,688 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CAMBO-LES-BAINS, 7.2 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64377/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64377/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64377/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64377/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64256
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64377
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
Confort-Meilars	29	577 km NW	861	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 97 %
Cuzorn	47	224 km NE	845	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Germain-du-Salembre	24	244 km NE	901	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Pierreclos	71	577 km NE	846	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Bonnac	09	235 km E	801	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Lubin-de-la-Haye	28	648 km N	937	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cuzorn	47	224 km NE	845	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 95 %
Bonnac	09	235 km E	801	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Germain-du-Salembre	24	244 km NE	901	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Pierreclos	71	577 km NE	846	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Confort-Meilars	29	577 km NW	861	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Lubin-de-la-Haye	28	648 km N	937	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 69 %

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