Orègue

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64425

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

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Orègue (INSEE 64425) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 531 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64425-oregue

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 17,610 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.56	10	5.62
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ALTERNATIVE BIHOTZA). ^[3]

1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE BIHOTZA). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ORÈGUE). ^[3]

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. ^[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 ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ALTERNATIVE BIHOTZA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE BIHOTZA	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ORÈGUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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: 596 2023: 531 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 474 (2012) → 531 (2023): 12 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 500 (1990) → 531 (2023): 6.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 4.6 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.4 km EFood shop — 5.4 km SWBakery — 7.5 km SWGP — 9.9 km NPharmacy — 10.1 km N 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 (Saint-Martin-d'Arberoue): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Isturits): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bidache): 9.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bidache): 10.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Arraute-Charritte): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23

Days at or below 0 °C 28.8

Muggy days a summer 15.9▸

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BIDACHE weather station, 9.9 km away at 45 m; the village itself is at 116 m. ^[12]

The village sits 71 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AICIRITS, 11.3 km away at 75 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,459 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BIDACHE, 9.9 km away at 45 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64425/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64425/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64425/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64425/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64489
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64277
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64051
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
Chazemais	03	448 km NE	504	23	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Sérénac	81	286 km E	504	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 7 %
Meilhac	87	316 km NE	529	24.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Fercé	44	490 km N	517	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 82 %
Montipouret	36	434 km NE	616	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Trémons	47	199 km NE	409	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trémons	47	199 km NE	409	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Sérénac	81	286 km E	504	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 7 %
Meilhac	87	316 km NE	529	24.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Montipouret	36	434 km NE	616	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Chazemais	03	448 km NE	504	23	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Fercé	44	490 km N	517	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 82 %

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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 Orègue'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
Vielleségure	64	37 km E	376	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Ozenx-Montestrucq	64	28 km E	372	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sallespisse	64	37 km NE	591	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Birac	16	256 km N	374	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Béhasque-Lapiste	64	13 km SE	505	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Laye	33	197 km N	540	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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