Sames

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64502

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

Partly served 40.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sames (INSEE 64502) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 709 (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/64502-sames

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 76 % of the 16,352 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.48	10	4.75
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

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 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 2 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (DOMAINES DU LAC · LES MARGOTERIES). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HELENE SICARD, MÉDECIN · DANIEL GARCIA, MÉDECIN · FANNY SAINT-JEAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (DOMAINE DU LAC). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	2	DOMAINES DU LAC · LES MARGOTERIES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	HELENE SICARD, MÉDECIN · DANIEL GARCIA, MÉDECIN · FANNY SAINT-JEAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	DOMAINE DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 443 peak 2012: 801 2023: 709 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 801 (2012) → 709 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 378 (1990) → 709 (2023): 87.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 399, of which 2.8 % second homes and 17.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.9 km WFood shop — 4.5 km NEPharmacy — 4.6 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 (Guiche): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Peyrehorade): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sames): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bidache): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sames): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 27.9

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 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, 4.8 km away at 45 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[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, 4.8 km away at 45 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64502/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64502/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64502/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64502/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64250
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64502
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64123
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
Ebblinghem	59	846 km N	660	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 99 %
Bruley	54	789 km NE	611	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 64 %
Saint-Castin	64	71 km E	862	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
La Baume-d'Hostun	26	536 km E	592	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 %
Montrond-le-Château	25	692 km NE	558	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 3 %
Berthenay	37	447 km N	707	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Castin	64	71 km E	862	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Berthenay	37	447 km N	707	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 %
La Baume-d'Hostun	26	536 km E	592	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 %
Montrond-le-Château	25	692 km NE	558	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 3 %
Bruley	54	789 km NE	611	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 64 %
Ebblinghem	59	846 km N	660	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 99 %

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