Olette

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Conflent-Canigó · INSEE 66125

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

Partly served 43.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Olette (INSEE 66125) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Conflent-Canigó. Population 360 (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/66125-olette

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 18,057 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	0.53	25	13.19
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.31	10	3.05
Housing mix	0.29	5	1.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (OLETT'MARKET · LA PETITE AMBASSADE · DIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI OLETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CIGOGNE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE SANSKI). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'OLETTE). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	OLETT'MARKET · LA PETITE AMBASSADE · DIEN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI OLETTE	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	1	LA CIGOGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LEON BLUM	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELAS PHARMACIE SANSKI	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE D'OLETTE	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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 680 2023: 360 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 393 (2012) → 360 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 447 (1990) → 360 (2023): -19.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 385, of which 35.6 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 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 (Olette): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Olette): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Jujols): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Olette): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Olette): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 65.8

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the OLETTE weather station, 0.4 km away at 615 m; the village itself is at 613 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VERNET LES BAINS, 9.5 km away at 630 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 550 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at OLETTE, 0.4 km away at 615 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66125/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66125/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66125/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66125/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66125
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66090
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
Charroux	03	410 km N	335	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Jalle	26	314 km NE	330	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Chézery-Forens	01	498 km NE	433	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Herment	63	356 km N	277	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montrésor	37	518 km N	309	51.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Massignac	16	381 km N	358	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Jalle	26	314 km NE	330	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Herment	63	356 km N	277	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Massignac	16	381 km N	358	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Charroux	03	410 km N	335	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chézery-Forens	01	498 km NE	433	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montrésor	37	518 km N	309	51.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Olette'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
Chézery-Forens	01	498 km NE	433	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Herment	63	356 km N	277	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Espezel	11	36 km NW	238	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye	21	578 km N	364	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Les Martys	11	96 km N	309	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Thiézac	15	275 km N	590	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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