Pontacq

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Nord Est Béarn · INSEE 64453

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

Served 68.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pontacq (INSEE 64453) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Nord Est Béarn. Population 2,925 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64453-pontacq

Vitality score

Vitality score 68.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 7,276 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.89	20	17.83
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.67	10	6.72
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.59	10	5.9
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE CHASTEL · MAISON CHATIGNON). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE LA TOUR · B.BEAUXIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LAPONTA). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LES PAPILLES S'EN MELENT · FAGOIS · MR VAGABOND PONTACQ · PICHAI). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (CAFE BAR LE CENTRAL · CAFE DE FRANCE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE SAINTE JEANNE ELISABETH). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN BOUZET · COLLEGE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICK LERNOUT, MÉDECIN · VINCENT BARD, MÉDECIN · SERGE AMIELL, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS MASTON, MÉDECIN · ROXANE BAILLEUL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LES TILLEULS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PONTACQ). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE PIERRE LACAZE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CEP DE PONTACQ · CRCAM PYRENEES GASCOGNE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (LATAPIE JOHANA · PAUS'COIFFURE · CHEZ AXELLE · TOUT AU NATUREL MAIS PAS QUE ..). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE CHASTEL · MAISON CHATIGNON	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE DE LA TOUR · B.BEAUXIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	1	LAPONTA	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	5	LES PAPILLES S'EN MELENT · FAGOIS · MR VAGABOND PONTACQ · PICHAI	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	CAFE BAR LE CENTRAL · CAFE DE FRANCE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE SAINTE JEANNE ELISABETH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE JEAN BOUZET · COLLEGE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	PATRICK LERNOUT, MÉDECIN · VINCENT BARD, MÉDECIN · SERGE AMIELL, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS MASTON, MÉDECIN · ROXANE BAILLEUL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LES TILLEULS	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PONTACQ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE PIERRE LACAZE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CEP DE PONTACQ · CRCAM PYRENEES GASCOGNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	7	LATAPIE JOHANA · PAUS'COIFFURE · CHEZ AXELLE · TOUT AU NATUREL MAIS PAS QUE ..	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday place des Tilleuls. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,402 peak 2017: 2,936 2023: 2,925 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,867 (2012) → 2,925 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,683 (1990) → 2,925 (2023): 9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,387, of which 2.9 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Pontacq): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Pontacq): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pontacq): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pontacq): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pontacq): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 43.4

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GER weather station, 6.3 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 361 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GER, 6.3 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,306 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GER, 6.3 km away at 410 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64453/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-pontacq.fr/vivre-a-pontacq/marche-hebdomadaire/— “Retrouvez chaque samedi notre marché sur la place des Tilleuls !”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64453/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64453/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64453/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64453
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
Port-sur-Saône	70	693 km NE	2,949	62.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne	01	512 km NE	2,934	63.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 95 %
Auneuil	60	707 km N	2,898	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Les Epesses	85	416 km N	2,983	66.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse	70	721 km NE	2,814	63.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %
Pontonx-sur-l'Adour	40	94 km NW	3,021	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pontonx-sur-l'Adour	40	94 km NW	3,021	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Les Epesses	85	416 km N	2,983	66.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne	01	512 km NE	2,934	63.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 95 %
Port-sur-Saône	70	693 km NE	2,949	62.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Auneuil	60	707 km N	2,898	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse	70	721 km NE	2,814	63.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Pontacq'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
Ibos	65	11 km NE	2,813	67.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chabanais	16	306 km N	1,589	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Confolens	16	321 km N	2,730	61.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Ossun	65	7.0 km E	2,358	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Arudy	64	27 km W	2,228	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Le Tallud	79	383 km N	1,961	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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