Laroque-des-Albères

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris · INSEE 66093

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 63.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laroque-des-Albères (INSEE 66093) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris. Population 2,256 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/66093-laroque-des-alberes

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 8,817 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.89	20	17.74
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	9.96
Housing mix	0.35	5	1.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LE FOURNIL DES ALBERES · LE FOURNIL DE LAROQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL SALVI). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE BIO DES ALBERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LA CATALANE DE DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

12 × Restaurant (CAMERANI LISE · COTE SAISONS · DELICES DU VIETNAM · CREPERIE SAINT FELIX · PIZZERIA AUX SAVEURS DU MONDE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DES ARTISTES · LE CARIGNAN LDA). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIA RIDET, MÉDECIN · YVES MERCEY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LAROQUE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE DE LAROQUE DES ALBERES). ^[3]

1 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (POSI'TIF MASSAGE · PASCAL COSTE · MARION : COIFFURE & CIE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES ALBERES · CAMPING LAS PLANES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SARL LE FOURNIL DES ALBERES · LE FOURNIL DE LAROQUE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL SALVI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LE BIO DES ALBERES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LA CATALANE DE DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	12	CAMERANI LISE · COTE SAISONS · DELICES DU VIETNAM · CREPERIE SAINT FELIX · PIZZERIA AUX SAVEURS DU MONDE	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DES ARTISTES · LE CARIGNAN LDA	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	OLIVIA RIDET, MÉDECIN · YVES MERCEY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LAROQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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	MÉDIATHEQUE DE LAROQUE DES ALBERES	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	1	BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	5	POSI'TIF MASSAGE · PASCAL COSTE · MARION : COIFFURE & CIE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LES ALBERES · CAMPING LAS PLANES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 831 2023: 2,256 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,148 (2012) → 2,256 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,508 (1990) → 2,256 (2023): 49.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,782, of which 32.7 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Laroque-des-Albères): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laroque-des-Albères): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Laroque-des-Albères): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Laroque-des-Albères): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Laroque-des-Albères): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 38.4

Days at or below 0 °C 15.4▸

Muggy days a summer 14.4▸

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ARGELES-SUR-MER weather station, 6.2 km away at 28 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[9]

The village sits 67 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE PERTHUS, 8.2 km away at 295 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 200 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 648 mm of rain a year, spread over 55 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BROUILLA, 5.4 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66093/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66093/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66093/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66093/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66093
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
Guilvinec	29	814 km NW	2,669	63.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 88 % · humidity 14 %
Allevard	38	406 km NE	3,971	56.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 58 %
Séez	73	463 km NE	2,459	55	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Itxassou	64	365 km W	2,248	60.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Port-Vendres	66	14 km E	4,018	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 81 % · humidity 29 %
Le Tréport	76	846 km N	4,378	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Port-Vendres	66	14 km E	4,018	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 81 % · humidity 29 %
Itxassou	64	365 km W	2,248	60.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Allevard	38	406 km NE	3,971	56.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 58 %
Séez	73	463 km NE	2,459	55	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Guilvinec	29	814 km NW	2,669	63.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 88 % · humidity 14 %
Le Tréport	76	846 km N	4,378	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 74 %

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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 Laroque-des-Albères'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
Llupia	66	17 km NW	2,199	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Féliu-d'Avall	66	24 km NW	2,950	65.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Millas	66	27 km NW	4,417	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Valras-Plage	34	86 km N	4,432	63	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sauvian	34	90 km N	5,608	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Corneilla-la-Rivière	66	26 km NW	2,004	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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