Uhart-Cize

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64538

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

Partly served 40.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Uhart-Cize (INSEE 64538) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 816 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 40.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 15,532 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.74	10	7.4
Housing mix	0.48	5	2.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PASCAL). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PAPY-JO PIZZ A UHART · REFUGE ORISSON). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (CHIQUIRIN MARIE-ANTOINETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT CAMOU). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	PASCAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	PAPY-JO PIZZ A UHART · REFUGE ORISSON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	CHIQUIRIN MARIE-ANTOINETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT CAMOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 498 2023: 816 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 731 (2012) → 816 (2023): 11.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 658 (1990) → 816 (2023): 24 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 584, of which 26 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km EGP — 0.5 km NE 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 (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Uhart-Cize): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 33.4

Muggy days a summer 11.8▸

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BUSTINCE - ST JEAN weather station, 2.9 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 164 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BUSTINCE - ST JEAN, 2.9 km away at 189 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,362 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-JEAN-LE-VX, 1.9 km away at 173 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 — 64538/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64538/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64538/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64538/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64485
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64538
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
Saint-Amans-Valtoret	81	304 km E	862	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Lachapelle-Auzac	46	291 km NE	795	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Piscop	95	706 km N	768	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 21 %
Salins-Fontaine	73	669 km NE	941	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 46 %
Schwenheim	67	909 km NE	742	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Aureilhan	40	117 km N	1,146	35.3	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aureilhan	40	117 km N	1,146	35.3	Few services	no figures
Lachapelle-Auzac	46	291 km NE	795	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Amans-Valtoret	81	304 km E	862	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Salins-Fontaine	73	669 km NE	941	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 46 %
Piscop	95	706 km N	768	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 21 %
Schwenheim	67	909 km NE	742	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Uhart-Cize'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
Ispoure	64	1.1 km NE	667	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chéraute	64	31 km E	1,043	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Caubios-Loos	64	73 km NE	683	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Geaune	40	88 km NE	767	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Misson	40	52 km NE	828	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lasse	64	1.5 km SW	334	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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