Montescot

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Sud-Roussillon · INSEE 66114

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

Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montescot (INSEE 66114) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Sud-Roussillon. Population 1,586 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/66114-montescot

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 43 % of the 11,223 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.91	10	9.06
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[4,3]

2 × Restaurant (LE PETIT CREUX · PIZZA SPORTS). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (ON VA CHEZ SOPHIE). ^[3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (MISS TIF'S · MAMA COIFF' · ELODIE COIFFURE). ^[4,3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[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), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 4 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	LE PETIT CREUX · PIZZA SPORTS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	ON VA CHEZ SOPHIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	3	MISS TIF'S · MAMA COIFF' · ELODIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 221 peak 2012: 1,712 2023: 1,586 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,712 (2012) → 1,586 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,128 (1990) → 1,586 (2023): 40.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 808, of which 5.6 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.8 km WBakery — 2.4 km NEPharmacy — 2.4 km NEGP — 2.5 km NE 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 (Corneilla-del-Vercol): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montescot): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Corneilla-del-Vercol): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Corneilla-del-Vercol): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montescot): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46▸

Days at or below 0 °C 14.6▸

Muggy days a summer 15▸

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 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ARGELES-SUR-MER weather station, 9.6 km away at 28 m; the village itself is at 12 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PERPIGNAN, 15.2 km away at 42 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 648 mm of rain a year, spread over 55 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BROUILLA, 5.1 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66114/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66114/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66114/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66114/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66114
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
Saint-André-sur-Orne	14	768 km N	1,664	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Margencel	74	499 km NE	2,273	52.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 7 %
Gometz-la-Ville	91	677 km N	1,536	48.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Les Loges-en-Josas	78	687 km N	1,645	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Virey-le-Grand	71	495 km N	1,429	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 27 % · humidity 7 %
Maincy	77	661 km N	1,828	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Virey-le-Grand	71	495 km N	1,429	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 27 % · humidity 7 %
Margencel	74	499 km NE	2,273	52.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 7 %
Maincy	77	661 km N	1,828	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Gometz-la-Ville	91	677 km N	1,536	48.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Les Loges-en-Josas	78	687 km N	1,645	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-André-sur-Orne	14	768 km N	1,664	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Montescot'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
Ortaffa	66	3.1 km S	1,980	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Brouilla	66	5.1 km SW	1,572	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Villelongue-dels-Monts	66	9.4 km S	1,976	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bouleternère	66	29 km W	951	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-André	66	6.9 km SE	3,388	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Roquefort-des-Corbières	11	43 km N	1,051	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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