Ousse

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées · INSEE 64439

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

Few services 37.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ousse (INSEE 64439) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées. Population 1,672 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/64439-ousse

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 37 % of the 10,820 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES VERNE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARION HARAMBOURE, MÉDECIN · CANDICE MOREL, MÉDECIN · MARIE LEROY-NGUYEN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'OUSSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (OUSSE BURALISTE ICOM2000 RP). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (TRESCARTES BELINDA · COIFF'PASSION · COLLANTES MARIA DE GRACIA). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (LA PERGOLA · LA PERGOLA HOTEL DES PYRENEES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BAR LES SAPINS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ATELIER DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES VERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MARION HARAMBOURE, MÉDECIN · CANDICE MOREL, MÉDECIN · MARIE LEROY-NGUYEN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L'OUSSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	OUSSE BURALISTE ICOM2000 RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	6	TRESCARTES BELINDA · COIFF'PASSION · COLLANTES MARIA DE GRACIA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	LA PERGOLA · LA PERGOLA HOTEL DES PYRENEES	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING BAR LES SAPINS	INSEE 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: 406 2023: 1,672 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,587 (2012) → 1,672 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 937 (1990) → 1,672 (2023): 78.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 722, of which 1.7 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 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 (Ousse): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ousse): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ousse): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ousse): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ousse): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.3

Days at or below 0 °C 21.8

Muggy days a summer 14.6▸

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PAU-(CIMETIERE) weather station, 9.5 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 232 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at GER, 15.8 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 178 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,243 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ANDOINS, 3.9 km away at 314 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64439/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64439/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64439/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64439/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64439
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
Cambes	33	162 km N	1,897	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Les Forges	88	750 km NE	1,776	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 22 % · humidity 0 %
Mareil-sur-Mauldre	78	645 km N	1,776	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Dreuil-lès-Amiens	80	762 km N	1,576	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Pont-Saint-Vincent	54	769 km NE	1,775	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Cuinchy	62	837 km N	1,784	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cambes	33	162 km N	1,897	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Mareil-sur-Mauldre	78	645 km N	1,776	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Les Forges	88	750 km NE	1,776	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 22 % · humidity 0 %
Dreuil-lès-Amiens	80	762 km N	1,576	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Pont-Saint-Vincent	54	769 km NE	1,775	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Cuinchy	62	837 km N	1,784	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · 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 Ousse'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
Denguin	64	21 km NW	1,765	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mazères-Lezons	64	6.8 km W	1,845	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saugnac-et-Cambran	40	73 km NW	1,560	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Tercis-les-Bains	40	80 km NW	1,359	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bidache	64	74 km W	1,338	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Aressy	64	4.9 km W	881	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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