Montesquieu-des-Albères
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montesquieu-des-Albères (INSEE 66115) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris. Population 1,353 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 12,336 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.66 | 5 | 3.31 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE NICOLAS MAS). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL FLAUSSE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTESQUIEU DES ALBERES AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE DE MONTESQUIEU-DES-ALBERES). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE NICOLAS MAS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | PASCAL FLAUSSE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | MONTESQUIEU DES ALBERES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHEQUE DE MONTESQUIEU-DES-ALBERES | 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 | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,195 (2012) → 1,353 (2023): 13.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 753 (1990) → 1,353 (2023): 79.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 838, of which 16.9 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Boulou): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villelongue-dels-Monts): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Montesquieu-des-Albères): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Le Boulou): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Montesquieu-des-Albères): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LE BOULOU weather station, 3.1 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 150 m. [11]
The village sits 73 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 13 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LE PERTHUS, 5.3 km away at 295 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 145 m above 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 703 mm of rain a year, spread over 63 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LE BOULOU, 3.1 km away at 77 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
146 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 292,086 € — 2,035 € per m² of built surface. [12]
6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 176,295 € — 1,828 € per m². [12]
The median across Pyrénées-Orientales is 2,334 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
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 — 66115/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66115/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66115/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66115/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66024
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66225
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66115
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Boussac | 35 | 754 km NW | 1,271 | 24.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Maurice-la-Souterraine | 23 | 427 km N | 1,116 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 % |
| Onesse-Laharie | 40 | 363 km NW | 1,079 | 25 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 % |
| Val-du-Mignon | 79 | 491 km NW | 1,092 | 33.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 55 % |
| Vicq-sur-Breuilh | 87 | 368 km N | 1,313 | 27.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 32 % · humidity 21 % |
| Livet-et-Gavet | 38 | 375 km NE | 1,253 | 32.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 50 % · humidity 7 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onesse-Laharie | 40 | 363 km NW | 1,079 | 25 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 % |
| Vicq-sur-Breuilh | 87 | 368 km N | 1,313 | 27.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 32 % · humidity 21 % |
| Livet-et-Gavet | 38 | 375 km NE | 1,253 | 32.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 50 % · humidity 7 % |
| Saint-Maurice-la-Souterraine | 23 | 427 km N | 1,116 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 % |
| Val-du-Mignon | 79 | 491 km NW | 1,092 | 33.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 55 % |
| La Boussac | 35 | 754 km NW | 1,271 | 24.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Montesquieu-des-Albères'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conilhac-Corbières | 11 | 76 km N | 954 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Badens | 11 | 84 km N | 749 | 43.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontcouverte | 11 | 74 km N | 575 | 35 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montséret | 11 | 65 km N | 616 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thézan-des-Corbières | 11 | 66 km N | 573 | 35.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boutenac | 11 | 71 km N | 747 | 36.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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