Estavar

Identity

Estavar (INSEE 66072) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Cerdagne. Population 443 (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/66072-estavar

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 17,907 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING L'ENCLAVE · PARC RESIDENTIEL DE LOISIRS L'ESCAPADE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 408 (2012) → 443 (2023): 8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 358 (1990) → 443 (2023): 23.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,051, of which 77.3 % second homes and 0.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saillagouse): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saillagouse): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Err): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Estavar): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the STE LEOCADIE weather station, 2.9 km away at 1,320 m; the village itself is at 1,221 m. ^[12]

The village sits 99 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at STE LEOCADIE, 2.9 km away at 1,320 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 99 m above 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 549 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at STE LEOCADIE, 2.9 km away at 1,320 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66072/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66072/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66072/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66072/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66167
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66067
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66124
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66072
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024