Musculdy
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 15.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Musculdy (INSEE 64411) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 220 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 15.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 35 % of the 16,584 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 | 0.27 | 10 | 2.72 |
| Housing mix | 0.79 | 5 | 3.96 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DU COL D'OSQUICH). [3,4]
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
| 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT DU COL D'OSQUICH | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 233 (2012) → 220 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 285 (1990) → 220 (2023): -22.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 125, of which 10.4 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Menditte): 6.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Menditte): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Mauléon-Licharre): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Mauléon-Licharre): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Musculdy): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MENDIVE_SAPC weather station, 15.9 km away at 292 m; the village itself is at 219 m. [11]
The village sits 73 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AICIRITS, 16 km away at 75 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 144 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,367 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at TROIS-VILLES, 10 km away at 216 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64411/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64411/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64411/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64411/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64378
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64371
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64411
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garlède-Mondebat | 64 | 62 km NE | 220 | 21.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle | 16 | 261 km N | 219 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Médard | 31 | 146 km E | 225 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Maixant | 23 | 400 km NE | 222 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
| Castelnau-d'Arbieu | 32 | 155 km NE | 223 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lacaussade | 47 | 205 km NE | 210 | 22.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garlède-Mondebat | 64 | 62 km NE | 220 | 21.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Médard | 31 | 146 km E | 225 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 % |
| Castelnau-d'Arbieu | 32 | 155 km NE | 223 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lacaussade | 47 | 205 km NE | 210 | 22.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle | 16 | 261 km N | 219 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Maixant | 23 | 400 km NE | 222 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · 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 Musculdy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goutz | 32 | 153 km NE | 212 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ladevèze-Rivière | 32 | 93 km NE | 223 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac | 32 | 93 km NE | 230 | 27 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lias-d'Armagnac | 32 | 103 km NE | 201 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Laymont | 32 | 160 km E | 232 | 22.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Magnan | 32 | 93 km NE | 230 | 27.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
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