Molitg-les-Bains
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Molitg-les-Bains (INSEE 66109) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Conflent-Canigó. Population 251 (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/66109-molitg-les-bains
Vitality score
Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 91 % of the 17,223 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0.48 | 10 | 4.75 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.86 | 10 | 8.57 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BIO PA). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LE BON TEMPS). [3,4]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIEN ESCHERMANN, MÉDECIN · ERIC BARANAUSKAS, MÉDECIN · SANDA COSTEA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MOLITG LES BAINS AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Hotel (GRAND HOTEL THERMAL · LE GRAND HOTEL THERMAL). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BIO PA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 2 | LE BON TEMPS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | JULIEN ESCHERMANN, MÉDECIN · ERIC BARANAUSKAS, MÉDECIN · SANDA COSTEA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [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 | 1 | MOLITG LES BAINS 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | GRAND HOTEL THERMAL · LE GRAND HOTEL THERMAL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 212 (2012) → 251 (2023): 18.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 185 (1990) → 251 (2023): 35.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 420, of which 70.2 % second homes and 0.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Molitg-les-Bains): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mosset): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Molitg-les-Bains): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Prades): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Catllar): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the EUS weather station, 5.3 km away at 321 m; the village itself is at 595 m. [12]
The village sits 274 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at EUS, 5.3 km away at 321 m, over 25 summers. [12]
That station sits 274 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 525 mm of rain a year, spread over 63 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at EUS, 5.3 km away at 321 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
30 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 132,025 € — 1,403 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Pyrénées-Orientales is 2,334 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66109/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66109/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66109/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66109/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66109
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66119
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66149
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66045
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vebron | 48 | 201 km NE | 225 | 36 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 % |
| Veulettes-sur-Mer | 76 | 812 km N | 267 | 28.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 18 % |
| Le Lauzet-Ubaye | 04 | 381 km NE | 229 | 35.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Les Salles-sur-Verdon | 83 | 334 km NE | 236 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Laye | 05 | 372 km NE | 256 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lélex | 01 | 494 km NE | 241 | 47.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vebron | 48 | 201 km NE | 225 | 36 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 % |
| Les Salles-sur-Verdon | 83 | 334 km NE | 236 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Laye | 05 | 372 km NE | 256 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Lauzet-Ubaye | 04 | 381 km NE | 229 | 35.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lélex | 01 | 494 km NE | 241 | 47.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Veulettes-sur-Mer | 76 | 812 km N | 267 | 28.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 18 % |
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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 Molitg-les-Bains'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcols-les-Eaux | 07 | 290 km NE | 291 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dornas | 07 | 291 km NE | 195 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Niderhoff | 57 | 756 km NE | 279 | 21.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thorame-Basse | 04 | 369 km NE | 206 | 21.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Orgibet | 09 | 122 km W | 162 | 32.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Chomeil | 15 | 300 km N | 241 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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