Cerbère

Identity

Cerbère (INSEE 66048) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris. Population 1,209 (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/66048-cerbere

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 43 % of the 13,155 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.

Services

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

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SEL ET TRUFFES · CASINO SHOP · MD2R). ^[4,3]

9 × Restaurant (SA SOBUMAR · SARL ALOES BODEGA PEPE · FLCAFE · LE RIBERAL). ^[4,3]

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

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE STELLMACHER, MÉDECIN · ENRIC FREIXA, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (SELURL PHARMACIE HUILLET). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER COIFFURE). ^[4,3]

4 × Hotel (CENTRAL HOTEL CERBERE · HOTEL LA DORADE · HOTEL LA VIGIE · HOTEL ARAGO). ^[4,3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING CAP PEYREFITE). ^[4,3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,370 (2012) → 1,209 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,461 (1990) → 1,209 (2023): -17.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,507, of which 53.7 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Banyuls-sur-Mer): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cerbère): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cerbère): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cerbère): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cerbère): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 2 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BANYULS-SUR-MER weather station, 5.3 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 18 m. ^[10]

The village sits 62 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 24 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CAP BEAR, 8.6 km away at 72 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 54 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 645 mm of rain a year, spread over 56 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CERBERE, 0 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66048/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66048/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66048/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66048/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66016
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66048
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024