Saint-Martin-d'Arberoue

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64489

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

Few services 35.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-d'Arberoue (INSEE 64489) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 350 (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 35.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 18,079 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.66	10	6.55
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOLANGERIE BARNETCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MUTTURFIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ARBEROA IKASTOLA). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	1	BOLANGERIE BARNETCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	MUTTURFIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ARBEROA IKASTOLA	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 350 2023: 350 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 329 (2012) → 350 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 303 (1990) → 350 (2023): 15.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 16.8 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.2 km SEFood shop — 2.8 km NGP — 7.4 km NWPharmacy — 9.5 km S 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-Martin-d'Arberoue): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Isturits): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Hasparren): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Irissarry): 9.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-d'Arberoue): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.7

Days at or below 0 °C 28.2

Muggy days a summer 15.9▸

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the IRISSARRY weather station, 9.8 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 119 m. ^[12]

The village sits 81 m below 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AICIRITS, 14.3 km away at 75 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,460 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at IRISSARRY, 9.8 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64489/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64489/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64489/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64489/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64489
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64277
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64256
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64273
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
Saint-André-en-Royans	38	556 km NE	342	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 7 %
Hultehouse	57	884 km NE	360	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %
Cinais	37	437 km N	372	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 14 %
Houssay	41	517 km N	365	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 62 %
Navacelles	30	446 km E	317	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 74 % · humidity 7 %
Labroquère	31	149 km E	324	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Labroquère	31	149 km E	324	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 21 %
Cinais	37	437 km N	372	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 14 %
Navacelles	30	446 km E	317	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 74 % · humidity 7 %
Houssay	41	517 km N	365	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 62 %
Saint-André-en-Royans	38	556 km NE	342	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 7 %
Hultehouse	57	884 km NE	360	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %

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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-Martin-d'Arberoue'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
Labastide-Villefranche	64	19 km NE	343	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Arbouet-Sussaute	64	16 km E	313	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cardesse	64	50 km E	293	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Aubagnan	40	67 km NE	277	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Serres-Gaston	40	65 km NE	405	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Tizac-de-Lapouyade	33	205 km N	477	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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