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Llo

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Pyrénées Cerdagne · INSEE 66100

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

No daily shops 18/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Llo (INSEE 66100) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Cerdagne. Population 153 (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/66100-llo

Vitality score

Vitality score 18/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 14,226 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.67106.68
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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]

2 × Restaurant (LE JARDIN D'ALIONE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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]
Restaurant2LE JARDIN D'ALIONEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 86 peak 2017: 172 2023: 153 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 162 (2012) → 153 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 131 (1990) → 153 (2023): 16.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 222, of which 60.4 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 1.4 km W (Saillagouse)Bakery — 1.9 km W (Saillagouse)Food shop — 2.1 km W (Saillagouse)Primary school — 2.1 km W (Saillagouse)Pharmacy — 5.8 km N (Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via)
GP — 1.4 km WBakery — 1.9 km WFood shop — 2.1 km WPrimary school — 2.1 km WPharmacy — 5.8 km N 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 (Saillagouse): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saillagouse): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Saillagouse): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saillagouse): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 107 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the STE LEOCADIE weather station, 4.2 km away at 1,320 m; the village itself is at 1,454 m. [10]

The village sits 134 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at STE LEOCADIE, 4.2 km away at 1,320 m, over 21 summers. [10]

That station sits 134 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 549 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at STE LEOCADIE, 4.2 km away at 1,320 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66100/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66100/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66100/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66100/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66167
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66124
  10. 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
Arrien-en-Bethmale0997 km NW13421.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Le Sauze-du-Lac05410 km NE15923.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Orlu0931 km NW15711.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martial30222 km NE17715.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Lavatoggio2B559 km E15414.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Guchan65147 km W15115.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Orlu0931 km NW15711.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Arrien-en-Bethmale0997 km NW13421.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Guchan65147 km W15115.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martial30222 km NE17715.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Le Sauze-du-Lac05410 km NE15923.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lavatoggio2B559 km E15414.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Llo'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
Le Born48263 km NE1569.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bordères-Louron65144 km W15211.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Dorres6611 km W18212.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ordonnaz01467 km NE15111.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Giron01513 km NE17413.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cohennoz73509 km NE13728.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %