Marquixanes

Identity

Marquixanes (INSEE 66103) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Conflent-Canigó. Population 599 (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/66103-marquixanes

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 17,078 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (TRAITEUR BY VANESSA LEROUX · LE BISTROT DE LA GARE · LE WILLY SNACK). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (TABAC PRESSE LE CATALAN). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE EC PEDAG ACTIV COOP LES LUCIOLES). ^[4]

1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE LES LUCIOLES). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MARQUIXANES AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MARQUIXANES). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 548 (2012) → 599 (2023): 9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 299 (1990) → 599 (2023): 100.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 355, of which 19.2 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Eus): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vinça): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vinça): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vinça): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Marquixanes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the EUS weather station, 3.4 km away at 321 m; the village itself is at 285 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at EUS, 3.4 km away at 321 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

An average of 525 mm of rain a year, spread over 63 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at EUS, 3.4 km away at 321 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

57 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 120,000 € — 1,422 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

5 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 190,000 € — 1,471 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Pyrénées-Orientales is 2,334 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66103/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66103/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66103/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66103/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66074
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66230
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66103
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025