Narcastet

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC Pays de Nay · INSEE 64413

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Narcastet (INSEE 64413) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC Pays de Nay. Population 753 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/64413-narcastet

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 16,000 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.93	10	9.29
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (METS...DELYCES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (O STUDIO). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	METS...DELYCES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	1	O STUDIO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 185 peak 2017: 754 2023: 753 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 645 (2012) → 753 (2023): 16.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 527 (1990) → 753 (2023): 42.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 348, of which 2 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km EGP — 2.7 km EPharmacy — 2.7 km EFood shop — 3.1 km E 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 (Assat): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Assat): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Assat): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bordes): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Narcastet): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.3

Days at or below 0 °C 21.8

Muggy days a summer 12.9▸

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PAU-(CIMETIERE) weather station, 7.5 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 16.9 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,168 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PAU LILAS, 6.7 km away at 219 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 — 64413/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64413/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64413/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64413/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64067
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64413
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
Cize	39	624 km NE	797	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 %
Marcq	78	645 km N	802	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 21 %
Rosières	81	220 km NE	716	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
La Rouvière	30	375 km E	693	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Wangen	67	847 km NE	639	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 62 % · humidity 21 %
Brion	01	566 km NE	592	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 5 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rosières	81	220 km NE	716	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
La Rouvière	30	375 km E	693	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Brion	01	566 km NE	592	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 5 % · humidity 7 %
Cize	39	624 km NE	797	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 %
Marcq	78	645 km N	802	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 21 %
Wangen	67	847 km NE	639	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 62 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Narcastet'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
Virelade	33	158 km N	1,124	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Rontignon	64	1.5 km NW	875	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Terrats	66	262 km E	806	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Fargues	33	143 km N	1,655	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Féliu-d'Amont	66	256 km E	1,292	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Aressy	64	3.3 km N	881	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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