Sauvelade

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC de Lacq-Orthez · INSEE 64512

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

Few services 29.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sauvelade (INSEE 64512) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 273 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64512-sauvelade

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,545 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	0.78	10	7.82
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

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 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT LAA). ^[3,4]

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

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

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	LE P'TIT LAA	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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)	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	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: 275 2023: 273 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 269 (2012) → 273 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 213 (1990) → 273 (2023): 28.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 124, of which 5.6 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.3 km EPharmacy — 4.6 km EGP — 5.4 km NBakery — 6.7 km E 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 (Mourenx): 6.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lagor): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Maslacq): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lagor): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sauvelade): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 25.6

Muggy days a summer 16.7▸

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 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LAGOR weather station, 5.2 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 129 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 17 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ORTHEZ, 12.8 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,133 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LAGOR, 5.2 km away at 125 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 — 64512/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64512/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64512/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64512/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64410
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64367
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64512
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
Montagne	38	508 km NE	273	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Escazeaux	82	148 km E	287	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 %
Bonnegarde	40	20 km N	254	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %
Faudoas	82	142 km E	291	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 14 %
Vielle-Tursan	40	38 km NE	283	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Joyeux	01	541 km NE	262	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bonnegarde	40	20 km N	254	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %
Vielle-Tursan	40	38 km NE	283	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Faudoas	82	142 km E	291	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 14 %
Escazeaux	82	148 km E	287	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 %
Montagne	38	508 km NE	273	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Joyeux	01	541 km NE	262	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · 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 Sauvelade'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
Larée	32	78 km NE	237	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ozenx-Montestrucq	64	9.0 km NW	372	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bérenx	64	17 km NW	428	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Arancou	64	28 km W	187	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Uhart-Mixe	64	28 km SW	213	11	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Girons-en-Béarn	64	21 km NW	186	14.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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