Rontignon

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées · INSEE 64467

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rontignon (INSEE 64467) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées. Population 875 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 15,155 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.9	10	8.96
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TAVERNE DU GAULOIS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	1	LA TAVERNE DU GAULOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 377 2023: 875 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 779 (2012) → 875 (2023): 12.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 875 (2023): 39.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 377, of which 3.2 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km NWGP — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.8 km NWFood shop — 3.2 km NW 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 (Uzos): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mazères-Lezons): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aressy): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mazères-Lezons): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rontignon): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

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 12.9▸

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. ^[12]

Measured at the PAU-(CIMETIERE) weather station, 6 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 196 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 15.4 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,168 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PAU LILAS, 5.2 km away at 219 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 — 64467/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64467/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64467/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64467/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64550
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64373
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64467
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
Wintershouse	67	873 km NE	869	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %
Aussevielle	64	16 km NW	864	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Frœningen	68	770 km NE	881	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 14 %
Jolivet	54	795 km NE	888	27.3	Few services	no figures
Saint-Loup-de-Naud	77	647 km NE	848	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 %
Odars	31	158 km E	916	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aussevielle	64	16 km NW	864	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Odars	31	158 km E	916	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Loup-de-Naud	77	647 km NE	848	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 %
Frœningen	68	770 km NE	881	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 14 %
Jolivet	54	795 km NE	888	27.3	Few services	no figures
Wintershouse	67	873 km NE	869	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · 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 Rontignon'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
Aressy	64	2.0 km N	881	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lée	64	4.3 km NE	1,271	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Narcastet	64	1.5 km SE	753	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Arbus	64	16 km NW	1,226	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Meillon	64	1.1 km E	957	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Virelade	33	156 km N	1,124	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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