Orion

Identity

Orion (INSEE 64427) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Béarn des Gaves. Population 148 (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/64427-orion

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 13,969 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[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, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 162 (2012) → 148 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 154 (1990) → 148 (2023): -3.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 89, of which 13.5 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 6.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sauveterre-de-Béarn): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Orion): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-GLADIE weather station, 7.2 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 223 m. ^[10]

The village sits 150 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ORTHEZ, 12.6 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 127 m below 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 1,300 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-GLADIE, 7.2 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

5 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 310,000 € — 1,760 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64427/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64427/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64427/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64427/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64513
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64427
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025