Saint-Armou

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Nord Est Béarn · INSEE 64470

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

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Armou (INSEE 64470) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Nord Est Béarn. Population 609 (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/64470-saint-armou

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 16,993 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	0.71	10	7.13
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.79

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 1 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. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE PRIVILEGE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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		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	1	LE PRIVILEGE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 319 peak 2017: 636 2023: 609 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 618 (2012) → 609 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 502 (1990) → 609 (2023): 21.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 282, of which 2.1 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km WFood shop — 3.8 km NGP — 4.2 km SPharmacy — 5.7 km SW 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 (Navailles-Angos): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Astis): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Castin): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montardon): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Armou): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18

Days at or below 0 °C 31.3

Muggy days a summer 8.9

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the PAU-UZEIN weather station, 9.2 km away at 183 m; the village itself is at 263 m. ^[13]

The village sits 80 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 9.2 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 80 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,152 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ARGELOS, 4.9 km away at 218 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64470/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64470/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64470/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64470/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64415
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64472
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64399
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64470
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
Crachier	38	499 km NE	600	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Rosoy-en-Multien	60	681 km N	604	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Beuzevillette	76	688 km N	606	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Bardouville	76	677 km N	597	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Anjoutey	90	738 km NE	611	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 43 %
Febvin-Palfart	62	817 km N	604	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crachier	38	499 km NE	600	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Bardouville	76	677 km N	597	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Rosoy-en-Multien	60	681 km N	604	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Beuzevillette	76	688 km N	606	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Anjoutey	90	738 km NE	611	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 43 %
Febvin-Palfart	62	817 km N	604	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · 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 Saint-Armou'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
Sarrouilles	65	40 km SE	551	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Genès-de-Blaye	33	197 km N	491	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Allier	65	43 km SE	446	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Bernadets	64	4.1 km S	587	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Cescau	64	16 km W	630	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bélus	40	68 km W	615	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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