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Lamanère

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC du Haut Vallespir · INSEE 66091

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

No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lamanère (INSEE 66091) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC du Haut Vallespir. Population 62 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/66091-lamanere

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 6,452 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar. [4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 113 2023: 62 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 51 (2012) → 62 (2023): 21.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 37 (1990) → 62 (2023): 67.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 68.3 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 5.0 km NE (Serralongue)GP — 5.6 km NW (Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste)Food shop — 5.8 km NW (Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste)Bakery — 7.2 km NE (Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans)Pharmacy — 8.1 km E (Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans)
Primary school — 5.0 km NEGP — 5.6 km NWFood shop — 5.8 km NWBakery — 7.2 km NEPharmacy — 8.1 km E 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 (Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Serralongue): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SERRALONGUE weather station, 5.3 km away at 700 m; the village itself is at 781 m. [11]

The village sits 81 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 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at SERRALONGUE, 5.3 km away at 700 m, over 18 summers. [11]

That station sits 81 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 1,225 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at COL D ARES, 5.1 km away at 1,525 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66091/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66091/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66091/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66091/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66179
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66150
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66194
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lamontélarié81141 km N5816.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Bustanico2B557 km E6513.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Le Roux07294 km NE6719.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Pianello2B562 km E539.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Meyrignac-l'Église19342 km N6419.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
La Rochette07316 km NE6313.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lamontélarié81141 km N5816.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Le Roux07294 km NE6719.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
La Rochette07316 km NE6313.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Meyrignac-l'Église19342 km N6419.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Bustanico2B557 km E6513.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pianello2B562 km E539.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Lamanère'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ficaja2B562 km E5414.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Gars06386 km NE655No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Salvezines1150 km N702.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Chaumes58568 km N702.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Poggiolo2A526 km E10417.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Gincla1147 km N465.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %