Égat

Identity

Égat (INSEE 66064) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Cerdagne. Population 435 (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/66064-egat

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 64 % of the 17,955 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (INTENSE DOUCEUR). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PETITE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · EGADIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (EGAT RP). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LAS CLOTES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 444 (2012) → 435 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 419 (1990) → 435 (2023): 3.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 475, of which 52.2 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Égat): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Égat): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Égat): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 139 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ANGOUSTRINE weather station, 5.4 km away at 1,381 m; the village itself is at 1,669 m. ^[10]

The village sits 288 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, 6.2 km away at 1,320 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 349 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 605 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ANGOUSTRINE, 5.4 km away at 1,381 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

25 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 297,000 € — 3,713 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

57 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 98,850 € — 1,936 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Pyrénées-Orientales is 2,334 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66064/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66064/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66064/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66064/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66064
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66124
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025