Simacourbe

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC du Nord Est Béarn · INSEE 64524

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

Few services 27/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Simacourbe (INSEE 64524) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC du Nord Est Béarn. Population 424 (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 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,961 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.9	10	8.99
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SIMACOURBE LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SIMACOURBE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	1	SIMACOURBE LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SIMACOURBE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 260 2023: 424 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 362 (2012) → 424 (2023): 17.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 303 (1990) → 424 (2023): 39.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 197, of which 5.1 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.3 km EPharmacy — 4.4 km EGP — 4.8 km EFood shop — 7.9 km W 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 (Lembeye): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sévignacq): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lembeye): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lembeye): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Simacourbe): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.9

Days at or below 0 °C 19.9

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LEMBEYE weather station, 4.6 km away at 310 m; the village itself is at 305 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,091 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LEMBEYE, 4.6 km away at 310 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64524/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64524/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64524/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64524/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64331
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64523
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64524
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
Lafitole	65	19 km E	433	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 58 %
Pondaurat	33	122 km N	455	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 68 %
Vallant-Saint-Georges	10	641 km NE	408	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 47 %
Bucy-lès-Pierrepont	02	756 km NE	410	22	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 43 %
Gardères	65	19 km S	445	24.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 76 %
Donjeux	52	684 km NE	380	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gardères	65	19 km S	445	24.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 76 %
Lafitole	65	19 km E	433	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 58 %
Pondaurat	33	122 km N	455	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 68 %
Vallant-Saint-Georges	10	641 km NE	408	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 47 %
Donjeux	52	684 km NE	380	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %
Bucy-lès-Pierrepont	02	756 km NE	410	22	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 43 %

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