Baixas

Pyrénées-Orientales · CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole · INSEE 66014

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

Served 61.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Baixas (INSEE 66014) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. Population 2,777 (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/66014-baixas

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 7,617 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.86	20	17.27
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.87	10	8.7
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 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”.

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SOGAP BAIXAS). ^[4,3]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EGP · GENTY HANIFI · LA PLACETTE). ^[4,3]

6 × Restaurant (NOS REGIONS ONT DU GOUT · CASA DE MIGUEL · LA GRANGE DES PAINS · CHRIS PIZZA · RICCO PIZ'S). ^[4,3]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA BOURSE · CHAMP-BORDX). ^[3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CEDRIC CARADEC, MÉDECIN · LUC HONG-MINH, MÉDECIN · LOREDANA-MARIA OUVRARD, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BAIXAS AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LUDOVIC MASSÉ). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SOGAP BAIXAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	EGP · GENTY HANIFI · LA PLACETTE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	6	NOS REGIONS ONT DU GOUT · CASA DE MIGUEL · LA GRANGE DES PAINS · CHRIS PIZZA · RICCO PIZ'S	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [4,3]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DE LA BOURSE · CHAMP-BORDX	INSEE SIRENE 3 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CEDRIC CARADEC, MÉDECIN · LUC HONG-MINH, MÉDECIN · LOREDANA-MARIA OUVRARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	BAIXAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LUDOVIC MASSÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,057 2023: 2,777 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,587 (2012) → 2,777 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,027 (1990) → 2,777 (2023): 37 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,573, of which 4.4 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.3 km EPharmacy — 3.3 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 (Peyrestortes): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Baixas): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Baixas): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Espira-de-l'Agly): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Baixas): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 39.4

Days at or below 0 °C 8.4▸

Muggy days a summer 15▸

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 8 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PERPIGNAN weather station, 5.2 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 75 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PERPIGNAN, 5.2 km away at 42 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 540 mm of rain a year, spread over 53 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PERPIGNAN, 5.2 km away at 42 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 — 66014/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66014/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66014/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66014/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66014
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66069
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
Montmeyran	26	289 km NE	2,960	56	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 7 %
Montblanc	34	85 km NE	2,932	58.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Agnant	17	458 km NW	2,780	59.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Cruas	07	264 km NE	2,898	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Martin-de-Londres	34	138 km NE	2,696	72.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 34 % · humidity 29 %
Charquemont	25	588 km NE	2,900	61.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montblanc	34	85 km NE	2,932	58.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Martin-de-Londres	34	138 km NE	2,696	72.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 34 % · humidity 29 %
Cruas	07	264 km NE	2,898	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 21 %
Montmeyran	26	289 km NE	2,960	56	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Agnant	17	458 km NW	2,780	59.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Charquemont	25	588 km NE	2,900	61.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Baixas'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
Bram	11	79 km NW	3,233	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Espira-de-l'Agly	66	3.5 km NE	3,524	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Roquelongue	11	40 km N	1,488	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Banyuls-dels-Aspres	66	21 km S	1,483	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-Lasseille	66	19 km S	1,622	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villemolaque	66	18 km S	1,278	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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