Néfiach

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Roussillon-Conflent · INSEE 66121

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 39.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Néfiach (INSEE 66121) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Roussillon-Conflent. Population 1,383 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/66121-nefiach

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 51 % of the 12,181 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BOULE ANGE · LES DOUCEURS DU PARC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHELE CHAMPAGNE-GRILL, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHARLES BERTHIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE NÉFIACH). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA GARENNE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LA BOULE ANGE · LES DOUCEURS DU PARC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MICHELE CHAMPAGNE-GRILL, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHARLES BERTHIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE NÉFIACH	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	LS COIFFURE	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	1	CAMPING LA GARENNE	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

1968: 830 2023: 1,383 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,206 (2012) → 1,383 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 835 (1990) → 1,383 (2023): 65.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 738, of which 4.7 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.8 km EBakery — 2.0 km EFood shop — 2.1 km E 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 (Millas): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Millas): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Néfiach): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Millas): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Néfiach): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.3

Days at or below 0 °C 25.2

Muggy days a summer 11.5▸

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the THUIR weather station, 7.4 km away at 110 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at THUIR, 7.4 km away at 110 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

An average of 586 mm of rain a year, spread over 59 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at THUIR, 7.4 km away at 110 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66108
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66121
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-Paul-et-Valmalle	34	132 km NE	1,394	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Morvillars	90	635 km NE	1,113	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 7 % · humidity 29 %
Lorp-Sentaraille	09	131 km W	1,381	44	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Boeil-Bezing	64	246 km W	1,341	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
L'Escale	04	312 km NE	1,427	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Féliu-d'Amont	66	4.9 km E	1,292	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Féliu-d'Amont	66	4.9 km E	1,292	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lorp-Sentaraille	09	131 km W	1,381	44	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle	34	132 km NE	1,394	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Boeil-Bezing	64	246 km W	1,341	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
L'Escale	04	312 km NE	1,427	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 14 %
Morvillars	90	635 km NE	1,113	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 7 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Néfiach'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
Saint-Féliu-d'Amont	66	4.9 km E	1,292	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fargues	33	314 km NW	1,655	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Assat	64	249 km W	2,068	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cérons	33	324 km NW	2,126	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Terrats	66	13 km SE	806	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Corneilla-la-Rivière	66	5.2 km E	2,004	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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