Fontpédrouse

Identity

Fontpédrouse (INSEE 66080) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Conflent-Canigó. Population 125 (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/66080-fontpedrouse

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 12,568 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES CH'TITES COURSES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MIMI BOUSTIFAIRE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE FONTPÉDROUSE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 133 (2012) → 125 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 138 (1990) → 125 (2023): -9.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 270, of which 65.2 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Cabanasse): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Bolquère): 9.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Olette): 9.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Mont-Louis): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LA CASSAGNE- S H E M weather station, 2.4 km away at 1,151 m; the village itself is at 1,045 m. ^[13]

The village sits 106 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at FORMIGUERES, 12.9 km away at 1,495 m, over 19 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 450 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 759 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LA CASSAGNE- S H E M, 2.4 km away at 1,151 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66080/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66080/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66080/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66080/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66027
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66080
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66020
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66125
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66117
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024