Oloron-Sainte-Marie
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 60.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Oloron-Sainte-Marie (INSEE 64422) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Haut Béarn. Population 10,684 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 60.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 65 % of the 2,290 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 | 0.45 | 25 | 11.34 |
| Social | 0.91 | 20 | 18.18 |
| Education | 0.58 | 10 | 5.83 |
| Health | 0.65 | 10 | 6.5 |
| Public & culture | 0.12 | 5 | 0.59 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.65 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.56 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE ARTIGARREDE · BOULANGERIE CONSTANTI · BOULANGERIE CAZALET · SOCIETE D EXPLOITATION DES ETS NAVARRINE · MAISON CONSTANTI JUNIOR). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (EPICERIE LES OUDAYAS · CHARCUTERIE CASAMAYOU). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU MARAICHER PRIMEUR · L'ECHOPPE DE SAINTE CROIX). [3,4]
5 × Supermarket (LIDL · BIDIX · OLODIS · NETTO · CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA MAISON DU VIN ET DU FROMAGE). [4]
38 × Restaurant (UCEDA ODILE · COLLOMB WENDY · LORD SARL). [3,4]
14 × Café / bar (HOTEL DE LA PAIX · CM AMBIANCE · BAR LE SULLY · LE BAR ' THOU · BLUE MOUNTAIN CAFE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PREVERT). [3]
7 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE SAINT-CRICQ · ECOL PRIM SAINT CRICQ · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PONDEILH · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE XAVIER NAVARROT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE CALANDRETA). [3]
3 × Collège (COLLEGE DES CORDELIERS · COLLEGE TRISTAN DEREME · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH). [3]
19 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AZIZ LASFAR, MÉDECIN · JEAN-NOEL GIROUX, MÉDECIN · MAÏLYS CAZABAT, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC URLACHER, MÉDECIN · PAULINE LOUSTAU, MÉDECIN). [3]
4 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ET NATURE · PHARMACIE SAINTE BARBE · PHARMACIE MONESTEL). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE DES GAVES). [3]
1 × Cinema (LUXOR). [3]
5 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL DU 4 SEPTEMBRE 1870 · COLLEGE DES CORDELIERS · GYMNASE PALAS · STADE DE ST PEE · LYCEE JULES SUPERVIELLE ET COLLEGE TRISTAN DEREME). [3]
9 × Bank (BANQUE MICHEL INCHAUSPE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'OLORON SAINTE MARIE · CAISSE D EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · BANQUE CIC SUD OUEST · SOCIETE GENERALE). [3]
21 × Hairdresser (LAPORTE FAURET MARIE-CLAIRE · LES COIFFURES HERVE MATRAN). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
4 × Hotel (ALYSSON HOTEL · HOTEL RESTAURANT BRISTOL · LE CENTRAL · ASTROLABE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 12 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 3 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 9 | PATISSERIE ARTIGARREDE · BOULANGERIE CONSTANTI · BOULANGERIE CAZALET · SOCIETE D EXPLOITATION DES ETS NAVARRINE · MAISON CONSTANTI JUNIOR | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | EPICERIE LES OUDAYAS · CHARCUTERIE CASAMAYOU | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | AU MARAICHER PRIMEUR · L'ECHOPPE DE SAINTE CROIX | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 5 | LIDL · BIDIX · OLODIS · NETTO · CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | LA MAISON DU VIN ET DU FROMAGE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 38 | UCEDA ODILE · COLLOMB WENDY · LORD SARL | INSEE BPE 38 / INSEE SIRENE 58 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 14 | HOTEL DE LA PAIX · CM AMBIANCE · BAR LE SULLY · LE BAR ' THOU · BLUE MOUNTAIN CAFE | INSEE SIRENE 14 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PREVERT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 7 | ECOLE MATERNELLE SAINT-CRICQ · ECOL PRIM SAINT CRICQ · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PONDEILH · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE XAVIER NAVARROT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE CALANDRETA | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Collège | 3 | COLLEGE DES CORDELIERS · COLLEGE TRISTAN DEREME · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 19 | AZIZ LASFAR, MÉDECIN · JEAN-NOEL GIROUX, MÉDECIN · MAÏLYS CAZABAT, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC URLACHER, MÉDECIN · PAULINE LOUSTAU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 19 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 4 | PHARMACIE ET NATURE · PHARMACIE SAINTE BARBE · PHARMACIE MONESTEL | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHÈQUE DES GAVES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LUXOR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 5 | LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL DU 4 SEPTEMBRE 1870 · COLLEGE DES CORDELIERS · GYMNASE PALAS · STADE DE ST PEE · LYCEE JULES SUPERVIELLE ET COLLEGE TRISTAN DEREME | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 9 | BANQUE MICHEL INCHAUSPE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'OLORON SAINTE MARIE · CAISSE D EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · BANQUE CIC SUD OUEST · SOCIETE GENERALE | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 21 | LAPORTE FAURET MARIE-CLAIRE · LES COIFFURES HERVE MATRAN | INSEE BPE 21 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 4 | ALYSSON HOTEL · HOTEL RESTAURANT BRISTOL · LE CENTRAL · ASTROLABE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 10,678 (2012) → 10,684 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 11,067 (1990) → 10,684 (2023): -3.5 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 6,878, of which 4.4 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Oloron-Sainte-Marie): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Oloron-Sainte-Marie): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]
GP (Oloron-Sainte-Marie): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Oloron-Sainte-Marie): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Oloron-Sainte-Marie): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the OLORON-STE-MARI weather station, 3 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 227 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at OLORON, 4.4 km away at 295 m, over 18 summers. [11]
That station sits 68 m above 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 1,365 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at OLORON-STE-MARI, 3 km away at 235 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64422/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/0205fe2f-3cda-33c6-96e5-363085770fb4— “Marché d'Oloron Sainte-Marie”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/28274103-b3f0-3893-9f37-9bb5592f7993— “Marché de la ferme Borderouge”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64422/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64422/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64422/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64422
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limoux | 11 | 230 km E | 10,532 | 60.4 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pernes-les-Fontaines | 84 | 465 km E | 10,504 | 56.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 82 % · humidity 29 % |
| Orthez | 64 | 35 km NW | 10,881 | 60 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| Treillières | 44 | 467 km N | 10,600 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 29 % |
| Ploërmel | 56 | 545 km N | 10,163 | 59.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 21 % |
| Le Luc | 83 | 560 km E | 11,310 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orthez | 64 | 35 km NW | 10,881 | 60 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| Limoux | 11 | 230 km E | 10,532 | 60.4 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pernes-les-Fontaines | 84 | 465 km E | 10,504 | 56.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 82 % · humidity 29 % |
| Treillières | 44 | 467 km N | 10,600 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 29 % |
| Ploërmel | 56 | 545 km N | 10,163 | 59.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 21 % |
| Le Luc | 83 | 560 km E | 11,310 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 % |
Elsewhere
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