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Nousty

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Nord Est Béarn · INSEE 64419

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

Partly served 41.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nousty (INSEE 64419) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Nord Est Béarn. Population 1,572 (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/64419-nousty

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 11,271 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.43208.65
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE GRANGE NOUSTY). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PAULE BAYLACQ). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (CARRASQUET YOLANDE · MYSTERES DE L'OUEST · BROOKLYN BURGERS N'PIZZA · LE SEIZE). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE NOUSTY). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE GRANGE NOUSTYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PAULE BAYLACQINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4CARRASQUET YOLANDE · MYSTERES DE L'OUEST · BROOKLYN BURGERS N'PIZZA · LE SEIZEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE NOUSTYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 539 peak 2017: 1,608 2023: 1,572 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,552 (2012) → 1,572 (2023): 1.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 672 (1990) → 1,572 (2023): 133.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 647, of which 1.9 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.6 km NE (Nousty)Food shop — 0.6 km N (Nousty)Pharmacy — 1.6 km E (Soumoulou)GP — 1.7 km E (Soumoulou)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km NEFood shop — 0.6 km NPharmacy — 1.6 km EGP — 1.7 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 (Nousty): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Nousty): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Soumoulou): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Soumoulou): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Nousty): 0 km to the north-west (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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BENEJACQ weather station, 8.3 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 268 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at GER, 10.7 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. [10]

That station sits 142 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 1,284 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ESPOEY, 4.7 km away at 309 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64419/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64419/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64419/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64419/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64419
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64526
  10. 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
Bray-Saint-Aignan45545 km N1,80340.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 29 %
Awala-Yalimapo9736,691 km W1,57743.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 35 %
Lafitte-Vigordane31111 km E1,14239.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil38507 km NE1,50543Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %
Soulaire-et-Bourg49480 km N1,46733Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Creys-Mépieu38528 km NE1,61331.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lafitte-Vigordane31111 km E1,14239.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Soulaire-et-Bourg49480 km N1,46733Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil38507 km NE1,50543Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %
Creys-Mépieu38528 km NE1,61331.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Bray-Saint-Aignan45545 km N1,80340.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 29 %
Awala-Yalimapo9736,691 km W1,57743.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 35 %

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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 Nousty'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
Saint-Pierre-de-Mons33143 km N1,24039.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Germignac17256 km N65338.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Aurensan6524 km E76429.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Andoins644.5 km N72731.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Arros-de-Nay649.9 km SW82033.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Le Pian-sur-Garonne33147 km N98150.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %