Sainte-Engrâce

Identity

Sainte-Engrâce (INSEE 64475) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 169 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64475-sainte-engrace

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 14,935 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.

Services

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (BARNEIX MADELEINE · AUBERGE BERRIEX). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR CAMPING IBARRA). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (BAR CAMPING IBARRA). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 208 (2012) → 169 (2023): -18.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 319 (1990) → 169 (2023): -47 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 48.3 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lanne-en-Barétous): 11.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Engrâce): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Arette): 9.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Arette): 9.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Licq-Athérey): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LICQ-ATHEREY weather station, 4.6 km away at 288 m; the village itself is at 450 m. ^[12]

The village sits 162 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. ^[12]

An average of 1,762 mm of rain a year, spread over 158 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at STE-ENGRACE, 2 km away at 512 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 86,000 € — 827 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64475/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64475/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64475/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64475/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64310
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64475
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64040
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64342
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025