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Navarrenx

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Béarn des Gaves · INSEE 64416

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

Served 64.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Navarrenx (INSEE 64416) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Béarn des Gaves. Population 1,042 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/64416-navarrenx

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 14,087 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 food0.552513.81
Social0.892017.83
Education0.63106.32
Health0.63106.32
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.51105.06
Housing mix0.9154.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 2 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) (A LA BONNE TARTINE). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE CASAMAYOU · SARL BRANA PATRICK). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (MAXELI). [3,4]

5 × Restaurant (STATION 64 · PIZZERIA DES REMPARTS · LOUSTAU - JACQUEMIN · CHEZ MAURICE). [3,4]

4 × Café / bar (CAFE SHAKESPEARE · LES CANONS DE NAVARRENX · TAVERNE DE ST JACQUES · LE P'TIT BISTROT). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DES REMPARTS). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SERGE LESAQUE, MÉDECIN · DANIELLE VINACUA, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DAUPHIN · PHARMACIE HAGOLLE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

2 × Bank (CEP DE NAVARRENX · CREDIT AGRICOLE). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (GOURRIET GISELE · LA COIFFEUSE · CREAT'IFF). [3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE COMMERCE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BEAU RIVAGE). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2A LA BONNE TARTINEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2CHARCUTERIE CASAMAYOU · SARL BRANA PATRICKINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket1MAXELIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant5STATION 64 · PIZZERIA DES REMPARTS · LOUSTAU - JACQUEMIN · CHEZ MAURICEINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar4CAFE SHAKESPEARE · LES CANONS DE NAVARRENX · TAVERNE DE ST JACQUES · LE P'TIT BISTROTINSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE DES REMPARTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2SERGE LESAQUE, MÉDECIN · DANIELLE VINACUA, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE DAUPHIN · PHARMACIE HAGOLLEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2CEP DE NAVARRENX · CREDIT AGRICOLEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser4GOURRIET GISELE · LA COIFFEUSE · CREAT'IFFINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1HOTEL LE COMMERCEINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING BEAU RIVAGEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,064 peak 1982: 1,160 2023: 1,042 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,060 (2012) → 1,042 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,036 (1990) → 1,042 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 657, of which 4.7 % second homes and 18 % 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 (Navarrenx): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Navarrenx): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

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

Pharmacy (Navarrenx): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Navarrenx): 0.1 km to the south-east (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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LAGOR weather station, 12.2 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 124 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 17 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ORTHEZ, 19.9 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 1,258 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at NAVARRENX, 0.7 km away at 135 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 — 64416/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64416/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64416/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64416/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64416
  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
Lalevade-d'Ardèche07433 km E1,12057.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Cormeilles27665 km N1,10560ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Gonneville-la-Mallet76706 km N1,33849.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Hermies62808 km N1,06257.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %
Dury80761 km N1,44162.7ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Castéra-Verduzan32110 km NE1,04159Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Castéra-Verduzan32110 km NE1,04159Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Lalevade-d'Ardèche07433 km E1,12057.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Cormeilles27665 km N1,10560ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Gonneville-la-Mallet76706 km N1,33849.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Dury80761 km N1,44162.7ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Hermies62808 km N1,06257.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Navarrenx'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
Puyoô6426 km NW1,07743.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Bidache6436 km NW1,33847.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Urt6447 km NW2,34656.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay33185 km N1,39541.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Larressore6455 km W2,16355.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Jatxou6455 km W1,26742.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %