Saint-Jean-le-Vieux

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64484

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 52.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-le-Vieux (INSEE 64484) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 900 (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/64484-saint-jean-le-vieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 14,967 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.49	10	4.89
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE P'TIT FOURNIL BASQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON GASTELLOU). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MICHEL). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JEAN LE VIEUX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN-LE-VIEUX). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ESPONDA BERNADETTE · BIEZ BAT COIFFURE · CONCEPT NATURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT MENDY). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA PAIX DES CHAMPS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE P'TIT FOURNIL BASQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON GASTELLOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MICHEL	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	SAINT JEAN LE VIEUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN-LE-VIEUX	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	3	ESPONDA BERNADETTE · BIEZ BAT COIFFURE · CONCEPT NATURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT MENDY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA PAIX DES CHAMPS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 704 peak 1990: 910 2023: 900 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 864 (2012) → 900 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 910 (1990) → 900 (2023): -1.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 539, of which 17.3 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.2 km WGP — 3.6 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 (Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 33.4

Muggy days a summer 11.8▸

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BUSTINCE - ST JEAN weather station, 1.4 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 196 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BUSTINCE - ST JEAN, 1.4 km away at 189 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,307 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BUSTINCE - ST JEAN, 1.4 km away at 189 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64484/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64484/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64484/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64484/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64484
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64485
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
Simorre	32	159 km E	688	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
La Douze	24	267 km NE	1,151	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Landeleau	29	596 km N	993	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 21 %
La Ferté-Saint-Cyr	41	547 km NE	1,093	44.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 29 %
Thoard	04	601 km E	744	58.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Gravé	56	514 km N	763	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Simorre	32	159 km E	688	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
La Douze	24	267 km NE	1,151	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Gravé	56	514 km N	763	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 29 %
La Ferté-Saint-Cyr	41	547 km NE	1,093	44.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 29 %
Landeleau	29	596 km N	993	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 21 %
Thoard	04	601 km E	744	58.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %

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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-Jean-le-Vieux'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
Fanjeaux	11	262 km E	885	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Caussens	32	157 km NE	598	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Puy	32	155 km NE	587	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Samadet	40	78 km NE	1,123	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Irissarry	64	11 km N	870	63	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ogeu-les-Bains	64	56 km E	1,290	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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