La Llagonne

Identity

La Llagonne (INSEE 66098) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Catalanes. Population 230 (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/66098-la-llagonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 16,802 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE LA LLAGONE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA FOUNT · ATIRESTO). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE LA LLAGONNE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL CORRIEU). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES BOUILLOUSES). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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 238 (2012) → 230 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 243 (1990) → 230 (2023): -5.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 434, of which 65.9 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Cabanasse): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Llagonne): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bolquère): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bolquère): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Llagonne): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 114 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA CASSAGNE- S H E M weather station, 2.9 km away at 1,151 m; the village itself is at 1,666 m. ^[11]

The village sits 515 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FORMIGUERES, 10.1 km away at 1,495 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 171 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 702 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONT LOUIS, 1.7 km away at 1,600 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 — 66098/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66098/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66098/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66098/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66027
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66098
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66020
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024