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Saint-Pé-de-Léren

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Béarn des Gaves · INSEE 64494

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

Few services 23.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pé-de-Léren (INSEE 64494) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Béarn des Gaves. Population 271 (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/64494-saint-pe-de-leren

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,546 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.81108.09
Housing mix0.7653.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PÉ-DE-LEREN). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAISON POUR TOUS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE PRIVEE STEPHANIE DUBES). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PÉ-DE-LERENINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1MAISON POUR TOUSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1COIFFURE PRIVEE STEPHANIE DUBESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 217 2023: 271 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 255 (2012) → 271 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 207 (1990) → 271 (2023): 30.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 11.9 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.5 km NW (Léren)GP — 3.4 km E (Carresse-Cassaber)Pharmacy — 3.7 km SE (Carresse-Cassaber)Food shop — 4.1 km SE (Auterrive)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km NWGP — 3.4 km EPharmacy — 3.7 km SEFood shop — 4.1 km SE 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 (Léren): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Auterrive): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Carresse-Cassaber): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Carresse-Cassaber): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Pé-de-Léren): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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

Measured at the BIDACHE weather station, 8.6 km away at 45 m; the village itself is at 41 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at AICIRITS, 17.4 km away at 75 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 1,459 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BIDACHE, 8.6 km away at 45 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64494/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64494/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64494/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64494/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64334
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64082
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64168
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64494
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Omonville76719 km N28521.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Félix03468 km NE27922.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Courcerac17267 km N31622.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 36 %
Lucy-le-Bois89593 km NE32618.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Marac52691 km NE21023.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %
Recques-sur-Course62810 km N26617.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Courcerac17267 km N31622.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Félix03468 km NE27922.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Lucy-le-Bois89593 km NE32618.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Marac52691 km NE21023.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %
Omonville76719 km N28521.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Recques-sur-Course62810 km N26617.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 92 % · 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-Pé-de-Léren'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Méharin6420 km SW27417.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Aren6438 km SE24617.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bats4050 km E32823.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Lanneplaà6418 km E30113.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Méritein6428 km SE27912No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Masparraute6412 km SW26412.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %