La Cabanasse

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Pyrénées Catalanes · INSEE 66027

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

Partly served 56.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Cabanasse (INSEE 66027) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Catalanes. Population 713 (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/66027-la-cabanasse

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 16,308 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.74	10	7.36
Housing mix	0.14	5	0.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PUIG). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (SARL L EDELWEISS · TIC ET TAC FOOD). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

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

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

2 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT LE CLOS CERDAN · LE CATALAN). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE PUIG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	FROMAGERIE CAL ROUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	SARL L EDELWEISS · TIC ET TAC FOOD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LA CABANASSE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL RESTAURANT LE CLOS CERDAN · LE CATALAN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 452 peak 2007: 740 2023: 713 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 698 (2012) → 713 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 577 (1990) → 713 (2023): 23.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 693, of which 43 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.4 km WPharmacy — 4.5 km W 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 (La Cabanasse): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Bolquère): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bolquère): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Cabanasse): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 91.1

Muggy days a summer 0

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA CASSAGNE- S H E M weather station, 3.1 km away at 1,151 m; the village itself is at 1,494 m. ^[10]

The village sits 343 m above 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 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at STE LEOCADIE, 10.2 km away at 1,320 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 174 m below 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 702 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONT LOUIS, 1.3 km away at 1,600 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 — 66027/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66027/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66027/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66027/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66027
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66020
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
Ucciani	2A	567 km E	504	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Mons	34	137 km NE	678	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Génolhac	30	254 km NE	815	64.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 16 % · humidity 86 %
Haut Valromey	01	482 km NE	801	43	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Castillon	84	314 km NE	689	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vagnas	07	274 km NE	636	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mons	34	137 km NE	678	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Génolhac	30	254 km NE	815	64.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 16 % · humidity 86 %
Vagnas	07	274 km NE	636	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Castillon	84	314 km NE	689	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Haut Valromey	01	482 km NE	801	43	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Ucciani	2A	567 km E	504	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %

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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 La Cabanasse'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
Saint-Anthème	63	366 km NE	716	67	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Allanche	15	311 km N	773	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Les Déserts	73	466 km NE	845	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chabottes	05	404 km NE	964	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Hohwald	67	772 km NE	521	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Err	66	9.3 km SW	716	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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