Urepel

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA du Pays Basque · INSEE 64543

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Urepel (INSEE 64543) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 271 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,546 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.18	10	1.78
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (C'VALL · HARPE ONA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (C'VALL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	2	C'VALL · HARPE ONA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	C'VALL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 561 2023: 271 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 316 (2012) → 271 (2023): -14.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 400 (1990) → 271 (2023): -32.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 20.4 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.5 km NWGP — 8.9 km NEPharmacy — 13.1 km NEBakery — 16.0 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 (Lasse): 16 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aldudes): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry): 8.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry): 13.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Urepel): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.1

Days at or below 0 °C 29.7

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 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the UREPEL_SAPC weather station, 0.1 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 414 m. ^[12]

An average of 1,684 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at UREPEL_SAPC, 0.1 km away at 410 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64543/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64543/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64543/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64543/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64322
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64477
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64543
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
Montbrison-sur-Lez	26	538 km E	267	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-de-Roumagnac	24	278 km NE	279	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Carelles	53	592 km N	246	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %
Brassac	82	231 km NE	254	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Chavroches	03	538 km NE	268	23.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 82 %
Péguilhan	31	174 km E	274	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Péguilhan	31	174 km E	274	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 70 %
Brassac	82	231 km NE	254	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Saint-Sulpice-de-Roumagnac	24	278 km NE	279	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Chavroches	03	538 km NE	268	23.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 82 %
Montbrison-sur-Lez	26	538 km E	267	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 100 %
Carelles	53	592 km N	246	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %

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