Bages

Identity

Bages (INSEE 66011) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris. Population 4,560 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/66011-bages

Vitality score

Vitality score 47/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 5,035 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.

Services

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DEVERNAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CAN TRIADOR). ^[3,4]

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

5 × Restaurant (PIZZAS LOLO · DUO GOURMAND · JOECHRIS · LE CHAUDRON-ROUSSILLON). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR LE PEAGE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DES ALBERES). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DU CANIGOU). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-FRANCOIS PARY, MÉDECIN · PIERRE BEFFARA, MÉDECIN · MATHIEU ROCA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BAGES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE JOAN PAU GINE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE AUX SPORTS ESPACE LOUIS NOGUERES). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUT SUD MEDIT). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (NG COIF'). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 3,960 (2012) → 4,560 (2023): 15.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,317 (1990) → 4,560 (2023): 37.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,492, of which 3.3 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bages): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bages): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bages): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bages): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bages): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CANOHES weather station, 7.2 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 20 m. ^[9]

The village sits 53 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 17 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VIVES, 13.2 km away at 261 m, over 26 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 241 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 648 mm of rain a year, spread over 55 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BROUILLA, 4.5 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66011/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66011/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66011/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66011/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66011
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024