Corbère
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Corbère (INSEE 66055) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Roussillon-Conflent. Population 781 (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/66055-corbere
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 15,780 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 | 0.67 | 5 | 3.34 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O FOURNIL DE CORBERE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LES COPAINS D'ABORD). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CORBERE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CORBÈRE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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) | 1 | O FOURNIL DE CORBERE | 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 | 1 | LES COPAINS D'ABORD | 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 ELEMENTAIRE | 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 | CORBERE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CORBÈRE | 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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
Population 717 (2012) → 781 (2023): 8.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 442 (1990) → 781 (2023): 76.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 428, of which 16.6 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Corbère): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Corbère-les-Cabanes): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Ille-sur-Têt): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Ille-sur-Têt): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Corbère): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the THUIR weather station, 5.7 km away at 110 m; the village itself is at 199 m. [11]
The village sits 89 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at THUIR, 5.7 km away at 110 m, over 14 summers. [11]
That station sits 89 m below 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 586 mm of rain a year, spread over 59 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at THUIR, 5.7 km away at 110 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 — 66055/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66055/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66055/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66055/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66055
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66056
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66088
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larchant | 77 | 626 km N | 730 | 41.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 % |
| Villiers-sous-Grez | 77 | 630 km N | 706 | 33.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 % |
| Berchères-sur-Vesgre | 28 | 694 km N | 862 | 41 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 % |
| Uchizy | 71 | 463 km N | 831 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 % |
| Plancher-les-Mines | 70 | 652 km NE | 839 | 32.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 18 % · humidity 36 % |
| Lay | 42 | 388 km N | 777 | 37.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lay | 42 | 388 km N | 777 | 37.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 % |
| Uchizy | 71 | 463 km N | 831 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 % |
| Larchant | 77 | 626 km N | 730 | 41.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 % |
| Villiers-sous-Grez | 77 | 630 km N | 706 | 33.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 % |
| Plancher-les-Mines | 70 | 652 km NE | 839 | 32.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 18 % · humidity 36 % |
| Berchères-sur-Vesgre | 28 | 694 km N | 862 | 41 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 % |
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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 Corbère'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louvie-Juzon | 64 | 256 km W | 1,058 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lamarque-Pontacq | 65 | 234 km W | 862 | 26.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Croix-du-Mont | 33 | 321 km NW | 838 | 46.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Grignols | 24 | 319 km NW | 667 | 35.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang | 24 | 288 km NW | 879 | 29.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pechs-de-l'Espérance | 24 | 268 km N | 796 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
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