Cassagnes

Pyrénées-Orientales · CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole · INSEE 66042

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

Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cassagnes (INSEE 66042) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. Population 294 (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/66042-cassagnes

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 17,792 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.35	5	1.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BAR DES CAPITELLES). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RESTOR). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BAR DES CAPITELLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	RESTOR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	CASSAGNES 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 267 2023: 294 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 255 (2012) → 294 (2023): 15.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 179 (1990) → 294 (2023): 64.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 238, of which 32.4 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 2.5 km SGP — 4.9 km NEPharmacy — 4.9 km NEFood shop — 7.2 km S 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 (Cassagnes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ille-sur-Têt): 7.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Latour-de-France): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Latour-de-France): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bélesta): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.7

Days at or below 0 °C 16▸

Muggy days a summer 6.3

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST PAUL FENOUIL weather station, 8.8 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 339 m. ^[12]

The village sits 134 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST PAUL FENOUIL, 8.8 km away at 205 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 134 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 596 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LATOUR-DE-FRANCE, 4.4 km away at 110 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66042/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66042/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66042/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66042/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66042
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66019
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
Chirols	07	255 km NE	289	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Chalencon	07	285 km NE	328	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Lauzès	46	220 km N	200	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Saturnin-de-Lenne	12	190 km N	328	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Chomeil	15	290 km N	241	16.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 7 % · humidity 57 %
Beaumont-en-Auge	14	752 km N	376	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Saturnin-de-Lenne	12	190 km N	328	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Lauzès	46	220 km N	200	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 %
Chirols	07	255 km NE	289	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Chalencon	07	285 km NE	328	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Chomeil	15	290 km N	241	16.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 7 % · humidity 57 %
Beaumont-en-Auge	14	752 km N	376	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Cassagnes'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
Bélesta	66	2.5 km S	270	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Davejean	11	25 km N	163	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Oms	66	23 km S	364	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Ginoles	11	40 km W	296	14.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villefranche-de-Conflent	66	26 km SW	215	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Touffailles	82	212 km NW	330	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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