Los Masos

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Conflent-Canigó · INSEE 66104

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

Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Los Masos (INSEE 66104) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Conflent-Canigó. Population 966 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/66104-los-masos

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 14,517 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (TINC SET). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (TINC SET). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	TINC SET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	TINC SET	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 288 peak 2017: 966 2023: 966 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 888 (2012) → 966 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 515 (1990) → 966 (2023): 87.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 484, of which 8.7 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km WBakery — 2.2 km NGP — 2.3 km WPharmacy — 2.8 km W 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 (Eus): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Prades): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Prades): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Prades): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Los Masos): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.1

Days at or below 0 °C 56.9

Muggy days a summer 3.9

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the EUS weather station, 1.5 km away at 321 m; the village itself is at 378 m. ^[11]

The village sits 57 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 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at EUS, 1.5 km away at 321 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 57 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 525 mm of rain a year, spread over 63 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at EUS, 1.5 km away at 321 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66074
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66149
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66104
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
Caouënnec-Lanvézéac	22	814 km NW	899	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Didier-des-Bois	27	744 km N	892	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Strazeele	59	901 km N	942	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Niffer	68	690 km NE	985	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Savy-Berlette	62	860 km N	929	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Larré	56	687 km NW	1,104	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Larré	56	687 km NW	1,104	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Niffer	68	690 km NE	985	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Didier-des-Bois	27	744 km N	892	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Caouënnec-Lanvézéac	22	814 km NW	899	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Savy-Berlette	62	860 km N	929	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Strazeele	59	901 km N	942	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Los Masos'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
Leyrieu	38	414 km NE	919	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvy-en-Sullias	45	576 km N	1,348	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Sail-sous-Couzan	42	367 km N	997	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Kutzenhausen	67	817 km NE	928	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Langensoultzbach	67	815 km NE	904	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Beauregard-Vendon	63	375 km N	1,328	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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