Sainte-Colome

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC de la Vallée d'Ossau · INSEE 64473

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

Few services 20.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Colome (INSEE 64473) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de la Vallée d'Ossau. Population 354 (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/64473-sainte-colome

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 18,050 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	5	0
Population trend	0.75	10	7.51
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (GISELE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE LA RAMIERE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	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 ELEMENTAIRE 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	GISELE	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	1	AIRE NATURELLE LA RAMIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 280 peak 2012: 365 2023: 354 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 365 (2012) → 354 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 283 (1990) → 354 (2023): 25.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 15.4 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.2 km SWBakery — 1.8 km SWPharmacy — 1.8 km WGP — 1.9 km W 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 (Louvie-Juzon): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Louvie-Juzon): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arudy): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Arudy): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sainte-Colome): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 62.4

Muggy days a summer 3.5

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ASSON weather station, 11.1 km away at 337 m; the village itself is at 536 m. ^[11]

The village sits 199 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at HERRERE, 14.4 km away at 294 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 242 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,364 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ASSON, 11.1 km away at 337 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64473/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64473/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64473/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64473/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64353
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64473
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
Mouy-sur-Seine	77	656 km NE	353	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Melz-sur-Seine	77	669 km NE	345	20.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Huilly-sur-Seille	71	579 km NE	353	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Romilly-la-Puthenaye	27	663 km N	336	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Lignerolles	27	652 km N	362	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 95 %
Eschbach-au-Val	68	803 km NE	378	17.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Huilly-sur-Seille	71	579 km NE	353	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Lignerolles	27	652 km N	362	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 95 %
Mouy-sur-Seine	77	656 km NE	353	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Romilly-la-Puthenaye	27	663 km N	336	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Melz-sur-Seine	77	669 km NE	345	20.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Eschbach-au-Val	68	803 km NE	378	17.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Sainte-Colome'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
Mouy-sur-Seine	77	656 km NE	353	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Jully-lès-Buxy	71	566 km NE	343	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Jugy	71	569 km NE	332	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Balloy	77	650 km NE	359	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Jaulnes	77	656 km NE	344	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Vadans	39	642 km NE	306	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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