Bouleternère

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Roussillon-Conflent · INSEE 66023

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

Partly served 41.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouleternère (INSEE 66023) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Roussillon-Conflent. Population 951 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 14,631 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	0.21	25	5.27
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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ LA CH'TITE MARIE 66). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOULETERNÈRE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	CHEZ LA CH'TITE MARIE 66	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 LOUIS TORCATIS	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	BOULETERNERE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOULETERNÈRE	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 885 2023: 951 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 880 (2012) → 951 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 625 (1990) → 951 (2023): 52.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 590, of which 11.5 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.0 km NEPharmacy — 3.7 km NEGP — 3.9 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 (Ille-sur-Têt): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bouleternère): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ille-sur-Têt): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ille-sur-Têt): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bouleternère): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 3.7▸

Muggy days a summer 12.9▸

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 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 4 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CAIXAS weather station, 10.4 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[10]

The village sits 160 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CAIXAS, 10.4 km away at 347 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 160 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 592 mm of rain a year, spread over 64 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VINCA, 3.2 km away at 251 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 — 66023/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66023/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66023/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66023/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66023
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
Argelliers	34	146 km NE	1,002	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Cruscades	11	63 km N	936	41.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Michery	89	631 km N	1,078	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 43 % · humidity 21 %
Hostun	26	338 km NE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %
La Rivière-Drugeon	25	550 km NE	933	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	69 km NW	1,025	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cruscades	11	63 km N	936	41.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	69 km NW	1,025	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Argelliers	34	146 km NE	1,002	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Hostun	26	338 km NE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %
La Rivière-Drugeon	25	550 km NE	933	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 %
Michery	89	631 km N	1,078	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 43 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Bouleternère'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
Bendejun	06	404 km E	971	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montesquieu-des-Albères	66	28 km SE	1,353	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Montescot	66	29 km E	1,586	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Estagel	66	17 km NE	2,160	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Villelongue-dels-Monts	66	29 km SE	1,976	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Casaglione	2A	514 km E	571	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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