Saint-Faust
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 37/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Faust (INSEE 64478) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées. Population 738 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 37/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 66 % of the 16,127 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.62 | 10 | 6.22 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.69 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LES TATAS). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-FAUST). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | LES TATAS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-FAUST | INSEE BPE 1 [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
Population 765 (2012) → 738 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 658 (1990) → 738 (2023): 12.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 354, of which 3.1 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Laroin): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Jurançon): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Laroin): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Jurançon): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Faust): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PAU-(CIMETIERE) weather station, 6.5 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 287 m. [11]
The village sits 85 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 8 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 13.3 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 104 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 1,074 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PAU-(CIMETIERE), 6.5 km away at 202 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 — 64478/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64478/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64478/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64478/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64315
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64284
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64478
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épercieux-Saint-Paul | 42 | 464 km NE | 732 | 44.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chalain-le-Comtal | 42 | 452 km NE | 743 | 44.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 21 % |
| Novy-Chevrières | 08 | 791 km NE | 715 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 % |
| Chevrières | 38 | 505 km NE | 742 | 40.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 34 % · humidity 57 % |
| Wirwignes | 62 | 842 km N | 768 | 41.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bren | 26 | 478 km NE | 709 | 41.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalain-le-Comtal | 42 | 452 km NE | 743 | 44.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 21 % |
| Épercieux-Saint-Paul | 42 | 464 km NE | 732 | 44.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bren | 26 | 478 km NE | 709 | 41.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 % |
| Chevrières | 38 | 505 km NE | 742 | 40.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 34 % · humidity 57 % |
| Novy-Chevrières | 08 | 791 km NE | 715 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 % |
| Wirwignes | 62 | 842 km N | 768 | 41.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
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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-Faust'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Romain-la-Virvée | 33 | 189 km N | 956 | 38.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Civrac-de-Blaye | 33 | 205 km N | 795 | 34.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vénérand | 17 | 281 km N | 771 | 46.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontaines-d'Ozillac | 17 | 236 km N | 510 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Douhet | 17 | 284 km N | 708 | 30 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Courcoury | 17 | 272 km N | 721 | 31.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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