Maureillas-las-Illas

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC du Vallespir · INSEE 66106

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maureillas-las-Illas (INSEE 66106) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC du Vallespir. Population 3,006 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/66106-maureillas-las-illas

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 30 % of the 7,100 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.58	20	11.6
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.98	10	9.76
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DEUX L). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE SHOP FLORO). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (66 SUR VINS · CAPTAIN PIZZA). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LA TAVERNE DE RUINOGUES · CAN PEPE · L'HOSTAL DELS TRABUCAYRES). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE NICOLAS DE CONDORCET). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LAURENT PIANELLI). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ISABELLE ROSSETTI, MÉDECIN · XAVIER LAGORCE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES 3 VALLEES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MAUREILLAS LAS ILLAS AP). ^[3]

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

4 × Hairdresser (ALEX-PERIENCE · ANGELIK COIFFURE · EL BEAUTY). ^[3,4]

5 × Campsite (CAMPING LES BRUYERES · CAMPING VAL ROMA · CAMPING MAUREILLAS · CAMPING LES PINS LE CONGO). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES DEUX L	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE SHOP FLORO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	4	66 SUR VINS · CAPTAIN PIZZA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LA TAVERNE DE RUINOGUES · CAN PEPE · L'HOSTAL DELS TRABUCAYRES	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE NICOLAS DE CONDORCET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LAURENT PIANELLI	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ISABELLE ROSSETTI, MÉDECIN · XAVIER LAGORCE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES 3 VALLEES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MAUREILLAS LAS ILLAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	4	ALEX-PERIENCE · ANGELIK COIFFURE · EL BEAUTY	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	5	CAMPING LES BRUYERES · CAMPING VAL ROMA · CAMPING MAUREILLAS · CAMPING LES PINS LE CONGO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,182 2023: 3,006 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,679 (2012) → 3,006 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,037 (1990) → 3,006 (2023): 47.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,832, of which 12.6 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Maureillas-las-Illas): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Maureillas-las-Illas): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Maureillas-las-Illas): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Maureillas-las-Illas): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Maureillas-las-Illas): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 54.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 5.1▸

Muggy days a summer 13.7▸

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 54 days a year at or above 30 °C and 5 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE PERTHUS weather station, 4.8 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 116 m. ^[9]

The village sits 179 m below 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE PERTHUS, 4.8 km away at 295 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 179 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE PERTHUS, 4.8 km away at 295 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66106/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66106/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66106/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66106/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66106
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
Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel	83	346 km E	2,775	58.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Mouriès	13	214 km NE	3,527	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Lailly-en-Val	45	594 km N	3,101	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 19 %
Peyruis	04	306 km NE	2,798	55.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %
Sérignan-du-Comtat	84	251 km NE	2,939	52.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 21 %
Chomérac	07	288 km NE	3,183	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mouriès	13	214 km NE	3,527	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Sérignan-du-Comtat	84	251 km NE	2,939	52.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 21 %
Chomérac	07	288 km NE	3,183	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 14 %
Peyruis	04	306 km NE	2,798	55.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %
Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel	83	346 km E	2,775	58.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Lailly-en-Val	45	594 km N	3,101	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 19 %

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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 Maureillas-las-Illas'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
Le Boulou	66	4.5 km NE	5,487	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts	66	2.6 km NW	2,311	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Théza	66	20 km NE	2,126	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Corneilla-del-Vercol	66	19 km NE	2,696	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fourques	66	10 km N	1,347	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines	66	11 km NE	3,059	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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