Saint-Michel

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64492

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

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Michel (INSEE 64492) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 290 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,798 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.55	10	5.51
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT XOKO-GOXOA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT XOKO-GOXOA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 318 2023: 290 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 269 (2012) → 290 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 276 (1990) → 290 (2023): 5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 164, of which 24.4 % second homes and 1.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NWFood shop — 3.1 km NWPharmacy — 3.3 km NWGP — 3.6 km NW 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-Pied-de-Port): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Michel): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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, 4 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 188 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BUSTINCE - ST JEAN, 4 km away at 189 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,362 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-JEAN-LE-VX, 3.6 km away at 173 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 — 64492/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64492/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64492/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64492/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64485
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64492
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
Salles	47	230 km NE	288	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Argenvilliers	28	594 km N	310	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Sulpice-de-Roumagnac	24	263 km NE	279	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Pazy	58	593 km NE	293	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Chabrais	23	430 km NE	317	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 %
Chavroches	03	522 km NE	268	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Salles	47	230 km NE	288	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Sulpice-de-Roumagnac	24	263 km NE	279	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Chabrais	23	430 km NE	317	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 %
Chavroches	03	522 km NE	268	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 21 %
Pazy	58	593 km NE	293	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 %
Argenvilliers	28	594 km N	310	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %

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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-Michel'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
Vielle-Tursan	40	87 km NE	283	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac	32	114 km NE	230	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Arthenac	17	274 km N	334	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Magnan	32	113 km NE	230	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Eugène	17	274 km N	288	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Gazaupouy	32	166 km NE	252	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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