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Pardies

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC de Lacq-Orthez · INSEE 64443

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

Partly served 42.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pardies (INSEE 64443) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 930 (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/64443-pardies

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 72 % of the 14,796 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.48209.5
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.4104.04
Housing mix0.9554.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 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) (AU PETIT BOHNEUR DE PARDIES). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (L YLOT · AUX SAVEURS ITALIENNES). [3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES PYRENEES). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PARDIES AP). [3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (CLAIR COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AU PETIT BOHNEUR DE PARDIESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3L YLOT · AUX SAVEURS ITALIENNESINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DES PYRENEESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1PARDIES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PARDIESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2CLAIR COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 945 peak 1975: 1,060 2023: 930 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 884 (2012) → 930 (2023): 5.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,029 (1990) → 930 (2023): -9.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 466, of which 2.4 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 0.6 km SE (Pardies)Bakery — 0.8 km SE (Pardies)Food shop — 3.0 km NW (Mourenx)GP — 3.5 km N (Artix)
In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 0.6 km SEBakery — 0.8 km SEFood shop — 3.0 km NWGP — 3.5 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 (Pardies): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mourenx): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Artix): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Pardies): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Pardies): 0.3 km to the south (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 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LAGOR weather station, 5.3 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 112 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 13.9 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 71 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 1,133 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LAGOR, 5.3 km away at 125 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64443/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64443/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64443/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64443/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64443
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64410
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64061
  11. 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
Lafitte-sur-Lot47137 km NE83241.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Ville-sous-la-Ferté10673 km NE90637.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 7 %
Loisy-sur-Marne51718 km NE1,10934.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Yan71497 km NE1,11331Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 0 %
Sancheville28562 km N74241.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Pompain79342 km N94940.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 14 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lafitte-sur-Lot47137 km NE83241.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pompain79342 km N94940.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Yan71497 km NE1,11331Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 0 %
Sancheville28562 km N74241.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Ville-sous-la-Ferté10673 km NE90637.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 7 %
Loisy-sur-Marne51718 km NE1,10934.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · 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 Pardies'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
Sault-de-Navailles6421 km N97656.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Carresse-Cassaber6436 km W66451.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Périssac33185 km N1,18430.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Marcenais33189 km N86334Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac33185 km N99446.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Argagnon6413 km NW69036.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %