Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Pyrénées Cerdagne · INSEE 66005

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

No daily shops 16.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (INSEE 66005) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Cerdagne. Population 542 (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 16.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % of the 17,568 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.4	10	4.03
Housing mix	0.04	5	0.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ANGOUSTRINE VILLENEUVE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ANGOUSTRINE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SOIS BELLE ET CHEZ TOI). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (RELAIS DU BELLOCH). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL SOL Y NEU). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS CLERC	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	1	ANGOUSTRINE VILLENEUVE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ANGOUSTRINE	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	SOIS BELLE ET CHEZ TOI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	RELAIS DU BELLOCH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL SOL Y NEU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 505 peak 2012: 691 2023: 542 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 691 (2012) → 542 (2023): -21.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 600 (1990) → 542 (2023): -9.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 604, of which 47.8 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.6 km NEBakery — 2.5 km SWFood shop — 3.6 km SGP — 4.4 km SWPharmacy — 4.8 km SW 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 (Ur): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ur): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Enveitg): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Enveitg): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 92.2

Muggy days a summer 0

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 92 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ANGOUSTRINE weather station, 0.9 km away at 1,381 m; the village itself is at 1,313 m. ^[11]

The village sits 68 m below 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at STE LEOCADIE, 6 km away at 1,320 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 605 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ANGOUSTRINE, 0.9 km away at 1,381 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66005/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66005/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66005/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66005/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66218
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66066
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66005
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
Lussan	30	270 km NE	545	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Écoche	42	450 km NE	525	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Souche	07	300 km NE	385	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Hèches	65	143 km NW	577	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Arras-en-Lavedan	65	180 km W	501	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 38 %
Payzac	07	282 km NE	539	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hèches	65	143 km NW	577	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Arras-en-Lavedan	65	180 km W	501	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 38 %
Lussan	30	270 km NE	545	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Payzac	07	282 km NE	539	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Souche	07	300 km NE	385	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Écoche	42	450 km NE	525	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes'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
Mégevette	74	549 km NE	619	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Le Hohwald	67	780 km NE	521	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Nancy-sur-Cluses	74	541 km NE	463	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Latour-de-Carol	66	5.8 km W	480	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Queyrières	43	336 km NE	363	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Freney-d'Oisans	38	440 km NE	260	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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