Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC du Haut Vallespir · INSEE 66003

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 55.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (INSEE 66003) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC du Haut Vallespir. Population 3,529 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/66003-amelie-les-bains-palalda

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 73 % of the 6,226 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	0.5	25	12.5
Social	0.93	20	18.56
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.67	10	6.72
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.59	10	5.9
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPI DU MOULIN · PATISSERIE PI ROUE ET COMPAGNIE · OLIKAR · LES PAINS DE JUMY). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (RUIZ · MAISON CELLANT). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SOSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

19 × Restaurant (CERE CHRISTIANE · AKKOUS FATIHA · LE DRAGON D'OR · O BEURRE SALE). ^[3,4]

8 × Café / bar (BAR LE CHATEAU · LA CAVE DU MAS CATALAN · CHEZ TOINETTE · LE BAR CATALAN · MONDONY COFFEE SHOP). ^[4]

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

12 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAROLE CHIES, MÉDECIN · SILVIA MARIA BARROS MALHEIRO, MÉDECIN · NEDAL ALBOEINI, MÉDECIN · MICHELE FOURMAULT, MÉDECIN · CARMEN-MIOARA ALBOEINI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU MONDONY · PHARMACIE DU TECH). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (AMELIE LES BAINS PALALDA AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE HERVÉ BAZIN). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CASINO AMELIE LES BAINS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF PISCINE ESPACE MEDITERRANEE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE BEATRICE). ^[3,4]

9 × Hotel (HOTEL NEW PALMARIUM · HOTEL DES BAINS ET DES GORGES · HOTEL RESIDENCE LA PINEDE · HOTEL LE ROUSSILLON · HOTEL DE FRANCE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (AMELIA CAMPING · MAS LA FARGASSA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	L'EPI DU MOULIN · PATISSERIE PI ROUE ET COMPAGNIE · OLIKAR · LES PAINS DE JUMY	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	RUIZ · MAISON CELLANT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SOSE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ALDI MARCHE	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	19	CERE CHRISTIANE · AKKOUS FATIHA · LE DRAGON D'OR · O BEURRE SALE	INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 36 [3,4]
Café / bar	8	BAR LE CHATEAU · LA CAVE DU MAS CATALAN · CHEZ TOINETTE · LE BAR CATALAN · MONDONY COFFEE SHOP	INSEE SIRENE 8 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	12	CAROLE CHIES, MÉDECIN · SILVIA MARIA BARROS MALHEIRO, MÉDECIN · NEDAL ALBOEINI, MÉDECIN · MICHELE FOURMAULT, MÉDECIN · CARMEN-MIOARA ALBOEINI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 12 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DU MONDONY · PHARMACIE DU TECH	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	AMELIE LES BAINS PALALDA AP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE HERVÉ BAZIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CASINO AMELIE LES BAINS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF PISCINE ESPACE MEDITERRANEE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE D'EPARGNE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	9	COIFFURE BEATRICE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	9	HOTEL NEW PALMARIUM · HOTEL DES BAINS ET DES GORGES · HOTEL RESIDENCE LA PINEDE · HOTEL LE ROUSSILLON · HOTEL DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Campsite	2	AMELIA CAMPING · MAS LA FARGASSA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 3,662 peak 1975: 3,908 2023: 3,529 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,680 (2012) → 3,529 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,239 (1990) → 3,529 (2023): 9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 5,325, of which 54 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 59.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 14.4▸

Muggy days a summer 11▸

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 59 days a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the AMELIE-LES-BAINS weather station, 0.6 km away at 252 m; the village itself is at 230 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VIVES, 10.3 km away at 261 m, over 26 summers. ^[9]

An average of 853 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at AMELIE-LES-BAINS, 0.6 km away at 252 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

146 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 187,000 € — 1,846 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

1,282 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 49,500 € — 1,343 € per m². ^[10]

The median across Pyrénées-Orientales is 2,334 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66003/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66003/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66003/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66003/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66003
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
Bray-Dunes	59	956 km N	4,189	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Bénodet	29	802 km NW	3,849	57.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
La Bernerie-en-Retz	44	633 km NW	3,536	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Trégastel	22	853 km NW	2,524	59.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %
La Flotte	17	521 km NW	3,150	57.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Mers-les-Bains	80	850 km N	2,540	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Flotte	17	521 km NW	3,150	57.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
La Bernerie-en-Retz	44	633 km NW	3,536	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Bénodet	29	802 km NW	3,849	57.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Mers-les-Bains	80	850 km N	2,540	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %
Trégastel	22	853 km NW	2,524	59.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %
Bray-Dunes	59	956 km N	4,189	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda'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
Saint-Florent	2B	544 km E	1,694	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Ceyreste	13	255 km E	4,863	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Aramon	30	227 km NE	4,081	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas	30	243 km NE	2,014	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Montfrin	30	221 km NE	3,122	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Remoulins	30	224 km NE	2,278	71.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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