Serres-Sainte-Marie
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Serres-Sainte-Marie (INSEE 64521) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 581 (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 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 28 % of the 17,255 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.74 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.7 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (CHRISTELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | CHRISTELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 498 (2012) → 581 (2023): 16.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 456 (1990) → 581 (2023): 27.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 3 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Artix): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Artix): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Artix): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Artix): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Serres-Sainte-Marie): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LAGOR weather station, 7.8 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 190 m. [10]
The village sits 65 m above 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 11.5 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 1,133 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LAGOR, 7.8 km away at 125 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 — 64521/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64521/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64521/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64521/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64061
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64521
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barinque | 64 | 23 km E | 580 | 21.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Flexanville | 78 | 630 km N | 576 | 21.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 % |
| Esson | 14 | 617 km N | 576 | 24.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 14 % |
| Parc-d'Anxtot | 76 | 690 km N | 587 | 24.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 89 % |
| Quevillon | 76 | 678 km N | 587 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 14 % |
| La Harengère | 27 | 658 km N | 588 | 23.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barinque | 64 | 23 km E | 580 | 21.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Esson | 14 | 617 km N | 576 | 24.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 14 % |
| Flexanville | 78 | 630 km N | 576 | 21.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 % |
| La Harengère | 27 | 658 km N | 588 | 23.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 % |
| Quevillon | 76 | 678 km N | 587 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 14 % |
| Parc-d'Anxtot | 76 | 690 km N | 587 | 24.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 89 % |
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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 Serres-Sainte-Marie'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabaston | 64 | 29 km E | 673 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Laye | 33 | 182 km N | 540 | 24.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Garindein | 64 | 37 km SW | 457 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bonzac | 33 | 179 km N | 805 | 22.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Momas | 64 | 9.6 km NE | 604 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Bois | 33 | 181 km N | 845 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
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