Brouilla

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC des Aspres · INSEE 66026

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

Few services 32.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brouilla (INSEE 66026) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC des Aspres. Population 1,572 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/66026-brouilla

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 11,271 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DELPIERRO). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARTINE CANTELOUBE-MERLEN, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE AUGÉ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MANUE HAIR TENDANCE · C MON STYLE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	DELPIERRO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MARTINE CANTELOUBE-MERLEN, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE AUGÉ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE BROUILLA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	MANUE HAIR TENDANCE · C MON STYLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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: 537 2023: 1,572 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,155 (2012) → 1,572 (2023): 36.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 565 (1990) → 1,572 (2023): 178.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 792, of which 4.8 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.8 km NEPharmacy — 3.0 km SEBakery — 3.1 km SE 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-Génis-des-Fontaines): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ortaffa): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brouilla): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brouilla): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 49.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 10.9▸

Muggy days a summer 15.9▸

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE BOULOU weather station, 6.5 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 43 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE PERTHUS, 11.1 km away at 295 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 252 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 648 mm of rain a year, spread over 55 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BROUILLA, 0.3 km away at 50 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 — 66026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66129
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66026
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
Cauvigny	60	751 km N	1,669	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 %
Merxheim	68	686 km NE	1,396	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 %
Roaillan	33	335 km NW	1,810	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Bussac-sur-Charente	17	456 km NW	1,321	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel	34	159 km NE	1,246	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 58 % · humidity 21 %
Villers-les-Pots	21	551 km N	1,220	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 31 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel	34	159 km NE	1,246	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 58 % · humidity 21 %
Roaillan	33	335 km NW	1,810	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Bussac-sur-Charente	17	456 km NW	1,321	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Villers-les-Pots	21	551 km N	1,220	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 31 %
Merxheim	68	686 km NE	1,396	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 %
Cauvigny	60	751 km N	1,669	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · 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 Brouilla'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
Fourques	66	10 km W	1,347	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Ortaffa	66	2.3 km NE	1,980	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montescot	66	5.1 km NE	1,586	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Théza	66	8.9 km NE	2,126	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Maureillas-las-Illas	66	12 km SW	3,006	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-André	66	5.9 km E	3,388	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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