Ansignan

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Agly Fenouillèdes · INSEE 66006

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

Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ansignan (INSEE 66006) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Agly Fenouillèdes. Population 164 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/66006-ansignan

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 14,769 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.27	10	2.74
Housing mix	0.17	5	0.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (NEKRASOVA SVETLANA). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Swimming pool (LE MOULIN LA DESIX ANSIGNAN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	NEKRASOVA SVETLANA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARC CHAGALL	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	ANSIGNAN 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	1	LE MOULIN LA DESIX ANSIGNAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 259 2023: 164 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 195 (2012) → 164 (2023): -15.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 212 (1990) → 164 (2023): -22.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 163, of which 41.7 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.5 km NBakery — 5.6 km NPharmacy — 5.6 km NGP — 5.7 km N 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 (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ansignan): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.2

Days at or below 0 °C 11.6▸

Muggy days a summer 8.2

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST PAUL FENOUIL weather station, 6.3 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 240 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST PAUL FENOUIL, 6.3 km away at 205 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 676 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST PAUL FENOUIL, 6.3 km away at 205 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66006/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66006/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66006/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66006/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66187
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66006
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
Davejean	11	23 km N	163	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Embres-et-Castelmaure	11	31 km NE	165	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Cascastel-des-Corbières	11	32 km NE	212	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Vimenet	12	185 km N	248	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 5 % · humidity 50 %
Entrevennes	04	312 km NE	163	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
La Beaume	05	321 km NE	153	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Davejean	11	23 km N	163	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Embres-et-Castelmaure	11	31 km NE	165	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Cascastel-des-Corbières	11	32 km NE	212	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Vimenet	12	185 km N	248	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 5 % · humidity 50 %
Entrevennes	04	312 km NE	163	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
La Beaume	05	321 km NE	153	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Ansignan'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
Rasiguères	66	7.7 km E	165	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Llauro	66	30 km SE	311	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Caramany	66	5.3 km SE	129	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montbrun-des-Corbières	11	51 km N	343	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vignevieille	11	27 km N	107	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sari-d'Orcino	2A	524 km E	351	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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