Pontiacq-Viellepinte
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 23.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pontiacq-Viellepinte (INSEE 64454) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 170 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 78 % of the 15,019 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 | 0.8 | 10 | 7.98 |
| Housing mix | 0.78 | 5 | 3.9 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | LA POSTE | 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 | 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
Population 162 (2012) → 170 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 131 (1990) → 170 (2023): 29.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 91, of which 11 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Labatut-Figuières): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bédeille): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Vic-en-Bigorre): 9 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Vic-en-Bigorre): 8.8 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Pontiacq-Viellepinte): 0 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LEMBEYE weather station, 10.8 km away at 310 m; the village itself is at 341 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at GER, 14.2 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. [12]
That station sits 69 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,024 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at MONTANER, 4.7 km away at 325 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 — 64454/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64454/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64454/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64454/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64293
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64103
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 65460
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64454
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marien | 23 | 384 km NE | 196 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 34 % · humidity 36 % |
| Payra-sur-l'Hers | 11 | 155 km E | 210 | 23.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bourg-de-Bigorre | 65 | 40 km SE | 194 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bélis | 40 | 84 km NW | 166 | 21.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ronnet | 03 | 383 km NE | 162 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 % |
| Cazaugitat | 33 | 150 km N | 220 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-de-Bigorre | 65 | 40 km SE | 194 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bélis | 40 | 84 km NW | 166 | 21.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cazaugitat | 33 | 150 km N | 220 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Payra-sur-l'Hers | 11 | 155 km E | 210 | 23.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ronnet | 03 | 383 km NE | 162 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-Marien | 23 | 384 km NE | 196 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 34 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Pontiacq-Viellepinte'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musculdy | 64 | 76 km W | 220 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Festes-et-Saint-André | 11 | 183 km E | 185 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Philondenx | 40 | 39 km NW | 187 | 23.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lème | 64 | 29 km NW | 168 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lespourcy | 64 | 8.0 km W | 178 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maulichères | 32 | 36 km N | 155 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
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