Matemale

Identity

Matemale (INSEE 66105) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Catalanes. Population 274 (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/66105-matemale

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 96 % of the 17,590 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) (SARL LE DOURMIDOU). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (REFUGE DU TORN · LA BONA CUINA · LA BONNE BARQUETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT D'AQUI). ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (LE PRIVILEGE · LA PRAIRIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU LAC). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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 279 (2012) → 274 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 222 (1990) → 274 (2023): 23.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 704, of which 77.8 % second homes and 0.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Formiguères): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Les Angles): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Les Angles): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Matemale): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 154 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FORMIGUERES weather station, 3.1 km away at 1,530 m; the village itself is at 1,485 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FORMIGUERES, 3.3 km away at 1,495 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 789 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FORMIGUERES, 3.1 km away at 1,530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66105/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66105/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66105/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66105/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66082
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66105
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66004
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024