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Vialer

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CC des Luys en Béarn · INSEE 64552

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vialer (INSEE 64552) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC des Luys en Béarn. Population 144 (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 9.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 13,781 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.47104.66
Housing mix0.6453.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 1 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE POLYVALENTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 181 peak 2012: 193 2023: 144 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 193 (2012) → 144 (2023): -25.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 149 (1990) → 144 (2023): -3.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 88, of which 18.2 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.2 km SW (Lalongue)Food shop — 7.1 km E (Lasserre)Bakery — 7.6 km SW (Coslédaà-Lube-Boast)GP — 7.8 km SE (Lembeye)Pharmacy — 7.8 km SE (Lembeye)
Primary school — 3.2 km SWFood shop — 7.1 km EBakery — 7.6 km SWGP — 7.8 km SEPharmacy — 7.8 km SE 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 (Coslédaà-Lube-Boast): 7.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lasserre): 7.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Lembeye): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Lembeye): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Lalongue): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the MONT-DISSE weather station, 5.9 km away at 156 m; the village itself is at 192 m. [12]

An average of 1,004 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MONT-DISSE, 5.9 km away at 156 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64552/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64552/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64552/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64552/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64194
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64323
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64331
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64307
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres27640 km N14314.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Ouen-la-Thène17263 km N1479.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Tourtrès47122 km NE14010.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 88 %
Les Châtelliers-Notre-Dame28549 km N14812No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 76 %
Bannes46221 km NE1436.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Marcilly-la-Gueurce71477 km NE1408.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 32 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tourtrès47122 km NE14010.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 88 %
Bannes46221 km NE1436.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Ouen-la-Thène17263 km N1479.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Marcilly-la-Gueurce71477 km NE1408.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 32 %
Les Châtelliers-Notre-Dame28549 km N14812No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres27640 km N14314.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 85 %

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