Castelnau-Rivière-Basse

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Adour Madiran · INSEE 65130

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

Few services 25.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Castelnau-Rivière-Basse (INSEE 65130) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 649 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 25.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 16,756 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.47	10	4.69
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BELLE AUBERGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DULUCQ FANNY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CASTELNAU RIVIERE BASSE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[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	1	LA BELLE AUBERGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	PHARMACIE DULUCQ FANNY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CASTELNAU RIVIERE BASSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 698 2023: 649 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 662 (2012) → 649 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 670 (1990) → 649 (2023): -3.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 362, of which 9.7 % second homes and 16.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Pharmacy Primary school — 3.1 km NEBakery — 4.2 km SWFood shop — 6.0 km NEGP — 6.4 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 (Madiran): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plaisance): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Plaisance): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Castelnau-Rivière-Basse): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Préchac-sur-Adour): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.3

Days at or below 0 °C 50.9

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MAUBOURGUET weather station, 13.4 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 235 m. ^[12]

The village sits 58 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MAUBOURGUET, 13.4 km away at 177 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 — 65130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32319
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32330
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
Tréguidel	22	602 km N	630	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 51 %
Fleurville	71	500 km NE	492	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 89 %
Ouville-l'Abbaye	76	683 km N	649	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 77 %
Trépot	25	626 km NE	565	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 23 %
Malleval	42	427 km NE	648	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Életot	76	691 km N	626	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 55 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Malleval	42	427 km NE	648	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Fleurville	71	500 km NE	492	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 89 %
Tréguidel	22	602 km N	630	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 51 %
Trépot	25	626 km NE	565	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 23 %
Ouville-l'Abbaye	76	683 km N	649	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 77 %
Életot	76	691 km N	626	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 55 %

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