Tarsacq

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC de Lacq-Orthez · INSEE 64535

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 33.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tarsacq (INSEE 64535) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC de Lacq-Orthez. Population 548 (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/64535-tarsacq

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,507 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	1	5	5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SOCIETE BEARN VOLAILLES · BAPTISTE FILLATREAU, ARTISAN BOUCHER). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	2	SOCIETE BEARN VOLAILLES · BAPTISTE FILLATREAU, ARTISAN BOUCHER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 202 2023: 548 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 489 (2012) → 548 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 344 (1990) → 548 (2023): 59.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 233, of which 0 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km EGP — 2.6 km EPharmacy — 2.9 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 (Denguin): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tarsacq): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Denguin): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Denguin): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Tarsacq): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32.1

Days at or below 0 °C 13.9▸

Muggy days a summer 15.2▸

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONEIN weather station, 6.8 km away at 241 m; the village itself is at 121 m. ^[10]

The village sits 120 m below 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 15 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 10.4 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 62 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,219 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONEIN, 6.8 km away at 241 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 — 64535/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64535/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64535/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64535/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64535
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
Valhuon	62	817 km N	538	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
Manderen-Ritzing	57	862 km NE	613	29.2	Few services	no figures
Vraux	51	730 km NE	460	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 7 %
Quiers	77	643 km NE	650	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Bieujac	33	135 km N	654	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Bardoux	26	479 km NE	599	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bieujac	33	135 km N	654	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Bardoux	26	479 km NE	599	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 7 %
Quiers	77	643 km NE	650	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Vraux	51	730 km NE	460	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 7 %
Valhuon	62	817 km N	538	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
Manderen-Ritzing	57	862 km NE	613	29.2	Few services	no figures

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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 Tarsacq'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
Abos	64	2.0 km W	526	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gaas	40	49 km NW	470	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Siros	64	4.9 km E	848	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pandelon	40	53 km NW	749	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bénesse-lès-Dax	40	51 km NW	598	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Parbayse	64	3.7 km S	316	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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