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Rébénacq

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC de la Vallée d'Ossau · INSEE 64463

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

Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rébénacq (INSEE 64463) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de la Vallée d'Ossau. Population 639 (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/64463-rebenacq

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 16,791 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
Social0.752014.97
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.45104.51
Housing mix0.8454.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BAMBINO PIZZA). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR RESTO CHEZ PALU). [4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1BAMBINO PIZZAINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar2BAR RESTO CHEZ PALUINSEE SIRENE 2 [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]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1REBENACQ APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 541 peak 2012: 687 2023: 639 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 687 (2012) → 639 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 672 (1990) → 639 (2023): -4.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 340, of which 7.9 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 1.8 km S (Rébénacq)Bakery — 3.6 km N (Gan)Pharmacy — 6.6 km N (Gan)GP — 6.8 km S (Arudy)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km SBakery — 3.6 km NPharmacy — 6.6 km NGP — 6.8 km S 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 (Gan): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rébénacq): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Arudy): 6.8 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Gan): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Rébénacq): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ASSON weather station, 10.7 km away at 337 m; the village itself is at 291 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at HERRERE, 13.2 km away at 294 m, over 12 summers. [11]

An average of 1,317 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LASSEUBE, 7.5 km away at 217 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64463/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64463/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64463/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64463/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64230
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64463
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64062
  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
Ris63442 km NE71846.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 29 %
Cuvilly60749 km N62048.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 21 %
Cuinzier42495 km NE70748.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 21 %
Seraucourt-le-Grand02786 km N70644.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 100 % · humidity 21 %
Antully71562 km NE78942.1Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 14 %
Pailhès09150 km E51149.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pailhès09150 km E51149.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Ris63442 km NE71846.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 29 %
Cuinzier42495 km NE70748.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 21 %
Antully71562 km NE78942.1Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 14 %
Cuvilly60749 km N62048.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 21 %
Seraucourt-le-Grand02786 km N70644.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 100 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Rébénacq'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
Iholdy6465 km W55034.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Germignac17268 km N65338.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Beuste6415 km NE69831Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Pujo6543 km NE67137.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Baudreix6412 km NE59130.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jodard42469 km NE39329.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %