Urcuit
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 37.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Urcuit (INSEE 64540) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 3,047 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/64540-urcuit
Vitality score
Vitality score 37.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 16 % of the 7,034 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 | 0.2 | 25 | 5.12 |
| Social | 0.31 | 20 | 6.15 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.75 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (URKETAKO OGIA · BFC PATISSERIE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (MIRETTES ET PAPILLES · THOUSAND TRUCKY). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DENIS LABEDENS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D'URCUIT). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (URCUIT APC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'URCUIT ASSOCIATION AU PLAISIR DES MOTS). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (PLAINE DES SPORTS). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (NOUVEL' HAIR). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | URKETAKO OGIA · BFC PATISSERIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 1 | INTERMARCHE | 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 | MIRETTES ET PAPILLES · THOUSAND TRUCKY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 1 | DENIS LABEDENS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE D'URCUIT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | URCUIT APC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'URCUIT ASSOCIATION AU PLAISIR DES MOTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | PLAINE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | NOUVEL' HAIR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 2,326 (2012) → 3,047 (2023): 31 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,688 (1990) → 3,047 (2023): 80.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,324, of which 2.5 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Urcuit): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Urcuit): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Urcuit): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Urcuit): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Urcuit): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LABASTIDE-CLAIR weather station, 9 km away at 23 m; the village itself is at 27 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BIARRITZ-PAYS-BASQUE, 16 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 1,394 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LABASTIDE-CLAIR, 9 km away at 23 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
130 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 410,750 € — 2,507 € per m² of built surface. [10]
32 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 201,525 € — 2,695 € per m². [10]
The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64540/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64540/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64540/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64540/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64540
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvron | 44 | 439 km N | 3,153 | 37.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 % |
| La Chapelle-Launay | 44 | 435 km N | 3,270 | 40.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mellac | 29 | 521 km N | 3,404 | 49.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 % |
| Plogonnec | 29 | 556 km N | 3,236 | 38.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 % |
| Varetz | 19 | 292 km NE | 2,409 | 51.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 14 % |
| Saint-Brandan | 22 | 558 km N | 2,317 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varetz | 19 | 292 km NE | 2,409 | 51.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 14 % |
| La Chapelle-Launay | 44 | 435 km N | 3,270 | 40.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 % |
| Bouvron | 44 | 439 km N | 3,153 | 37.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 % |
| Mellac | 29 | 521 km N | 3,404 | 49.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 % |
| Plogonnec | 29 | 556 km N | 3,236 | 38.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Brandan | 22 | 558 km N | 2,317 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · 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 Urcuit'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briscous | 64 | 2.9 km S | 2,965 | 61.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Urt | 64 | 4.0 km E | 2,346 | 56.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lasseube | 64 | 75 km SE | 1,735 | 52 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Galgon | 33 | 188 km NE | 3,144 | 36.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Labatut | 40 | 29 km E | 1,430 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Palais | 64 | 30 km SE | 2,204 | 73.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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