Formiguères

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Pyrénées Catalanes · INSEE 66082

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Partly served 56.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Formiguères (INSEE 66082) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Catalanes. Population 494 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 56.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 17,795 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	0.79	25	19.68
Social	0.81	20	16.14
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.88	10	8.84
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE PAPOU). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU CAPC IR · ANTOINE A TABLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PAILLUSSON · FREDING). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (FORMI'CROCK · LA CREPE RIT · DANS LE VIRAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BAROQUE ET CHAMPI). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL PICHEYRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA DEVEZE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PAIN DE PAPOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE DU CAPC IR · ANTOINE A TABLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	PAILLUSSON · FREDING	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	4	FORMI'CROCK · LA CREPE RIT · DANS LE VIRAGE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BAROQUE ET CHAMPI	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE POINT INFO TOURISME	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	1	HÔTEL PICHEYRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA DEVEZE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 370 2023: 494 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 422 (2012) → 494 (2023): 17.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 357 (1990) → 494 (2023): 38.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,094, of which 78.2 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop GP — 3.4 km SPrimary school — 3.7 km SPharmacy — 4.8 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Formiguères): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Formiguères): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Les Angles): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Angles): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Matemale): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 153.6▸

Muggy days a summer 0

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 154 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FORMIGUERES weather station, 0.2 km away at 1,530 m; the village itself is at 1,502 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FORMIGUERES, 0.7 km away at 1,495 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 789 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FORMIGUERES, 0.2 km away at 1,530 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 — 66082/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66082/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66082/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66082/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66004
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66105
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
Beuil	06	428 km NE	483	62.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
La Grave	05	432 km NE	479	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bessans	73	494 km NE	341	62.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Champagny-en-Vanoise	73	484 km NE	540	59.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 47 %
Abriès-Ristolas	05	457 km NE	374	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire	73	446 km NE	473	61.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beuil	06	428 km NE	483	62.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
La Grave	05	432 km NE	479	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire	73	446 km NE	473	61.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Abriès-Ristolas	05	457 km NE	374	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Champagny-en-Vanoise	73	484 km NE	540	59.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 47 %
Bessans	73	494 km NE	341	62.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Formiguères'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
La Grave	05	432 km NE	479	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vaujany	38	426 km NE	357	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Molines-en-Queyras	05	448 km NE	307	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Les Angles	66	4.7 km SW	597	70.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ceillac	05	440 km NE	265	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Matemale	66	3.3 km SE	274	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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