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Moncaup

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Nord Est Béarn · INSEE 64390

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

No daily shops 15.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moncaup (INSEE 64390) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Nord Est Béarn. Population 156 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/64390-moncaup

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 14,407 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.38103.81
Housing mix0.5752.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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: 192 2023: 156 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 156 (2012) → 156 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 177 (1990) → 156 (2023): -11.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 111, of which 21.6 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.1 km NE (Lascazères)Food shop — 4.3 km NW (Lasserre)GP — 5.4 km SW (Lembeye)Pharmacy — 5.9 km SW (Lembeye)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NEFood shop — 4.3 km NWGP — 5.4 km SWPharmacy — 5.9 km SW 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 (Lascazères): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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

GP (Lembeye): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Lembeye): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Moncaup): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LEMBEYE weather station, 5.5 km away at 310 m; the village itself is at 265 m. [12]

An average of 1,091 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LEMBEYE, 5.5 km away at 310 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64390/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64390/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64390/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64390/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65264
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64323
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64331
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64390
  12. 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
Salignac-de-Mirambeau17210 km N16315.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Flamets-Frétils76706 km N15914.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 92 %
Compainville76698 km N15917.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 53 %
Pouylebon3230 km E14314.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %
Neuvy-le-Barrois18447 km NE14716.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 39 %
Cobonne26434 km E17021.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 65 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pouylebon3230 km E14314.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %
Salignac-de-Mirambeau17210 km N16315.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Cobonne26434 km E17021.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 65 %
Neuvy-le-Barrois18447 km NE14716.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 39 %
Compainville76698 km N15917.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 53 %
Flamets-Frétils76706 km N15914.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 92 %

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