Ustaritz
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 65.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ustaritz (INSEE 64547) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA du Pays Basque. Population 7,897 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/64547-ustaritz
Vitality score
Vitality score 65.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 90 % of the 3,082 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 | 0.46 | 25 | 11.51 |
| Social | 0.8 | 20 | 15.93 |
| Education | 0.71 | 10 | 7.13 |
| Health | 0.55 | 10 | 5.53 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.63 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DU POUSSIN BLEU · BOULANGERIE ETCHEPARE · TXOKO · GUAPITA CAFE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE URSUYA). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ONENA · BELHARRA FOOD&WINE · HEMENGO). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (SUPER U). [3,4]
13 × Restaurant (RICOBAN · SARL ROY · LE JAP 64.COM · BABA & BLANCHETTE). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LA BERGERIE · BAR BRASSERIE PIZZERIA GARAGE DES PYRENEES · CAPBOURRUT USTARITZ · LEKU EDER). [4]
5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HERAURITZ · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE IDEKIA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ARRAUNTZ · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT VINCENT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE IKASTOLA LOUIS DASSANCE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE ST FRANCOIS XAVIER). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC DAIREAUX, MÉDECIN · TXOMIN HARAN-LARRE, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN LALANNE, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE CLAUDE, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS TEISSEIRE, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VAL DE NIVE · PHARMACIE ERROBI). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'USTARITZ CENTRE LAPURDI). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT FRANCOIS XAVIER). [3]
4 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DE USTARITZ · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'USTARITZ · SOCIETE GENERALE · CREDIT AGRICOLE). [3]
11 × Hairdresser (SALLABERRY MAITEXA · MYLA COIFFURE). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | LES DELICES DU POUSSIN BLEU · BOULANGERIE ETCHEPARE · TXOKO · GUAPITA CAFE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE URSUYA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | ONENA · BELHARRA FOOD&WINE · HEMENGO | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | SUPER U | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 13 | RICOBAN · SARL ROY · LE JAP 64.COM · BABA & BLANCHETTE | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LA BERGERIE · BAR BRASSERIE PIZZERIA GARAGE DES PYRENEES · CAPBOURRUT USTARITZ · LEKU EDER | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 5 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HERAURITZ · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE IDEKIA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ARRAUNTZ · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT VINCENT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE IKASTOLA LOUIS DASSANCE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PRIVE ST FRANCOIS XAVIER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | ERIC DAIREAUX, MÉDECIN · TXOMIN HARAN-LARRE, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN LALANNE, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE CLAUDE, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS TEISSEIRE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE DU VAL DE NIVE · PHARMACIE ERROBI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'USTARITZ CENTRE LAPURDI | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT FRANCOIS XAVIER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DE USTARITZ · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'USTARITZ · SOCIETE GENERALE · CREDIT AGRICOLE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 11 | SALLABERRY MAITEXA · MYLA COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 6,294 (2012) → 7,897 (2023): 25.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 4,263 (1990) → 7,897 (2023): 85.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,064, of which 3.7 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ustaritz): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ustaritz): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Ustaritz): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Ustaritz): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Ustaritz): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the ESPELETTE weather station, 6 km away at 97 m; the village itself is at 19 m. [9]
The village sits 78 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BIARRITZ-PAYS-BASQUE, 10.4 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 52 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,697 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ESPELETTE, 6 km away at 97 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64547/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64547/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64547/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64547/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64547
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malemort | 19 | 311 km NE | 8,239 | 68.5 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 % |
| Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village | 59 | 897 km N | 8,247 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 % |
| Terville | 57 | 880 km NE | 7,801 | 60.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 31 % |
| La Verpillière | 38 | 579 km NE | 7,786 | 63 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 % |
| Aussonne | 31 | 226 km E | 7,997 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 7 % |
| Thaon-les-Vosges | 88 | 814 km NE | 8,547 | 64.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 18 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aussonne | 31 | 226 km E | 7,997 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 7 % |
| Malemort | 19 | 311 km NE | 8,239 | 68.5 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Verpillière | 38 | 579 km NE | 7,786 | 63 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 % |
| Thaon-les-Vosges | 88 | 814 km NE | 8,547 | 64.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 18 % · humidity 0 % |
| Terville | 57 | 880 km NE | 7,801 | 60.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 31 % |
| Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village | 59 | 897 km N | 8,247 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · 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 Ustaritz'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bompas | 66 | 364 km E | 7,832 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Roquette-sur-Siagne | 06 | 679 km E | 5,669 | 59.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse | 40 | 32 km N | 8,014 | 71.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Claira | 66 | 365 km E | 4,922 | 48 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Grau-du-Roi | 30 | 452 km E | 8,588 | 76.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx | 40 | 18 km N | 6,238 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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