Osséja

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Pyrénées Cerdagne · INSEE 66130

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Osséja (INSEE 66130) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Cerdagne. Population 1,390 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/66130-osseja

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 49 % of the 12,148 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.59	10	5.91
Housing mix	0	5	0

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA GRANGE DE MARIUS). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (LA FAMILIA · CAFE DE FRANCE). ^[3,4]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BRUNO DIDIER, MÉDECIN · YVES DENACLARA, MÉDECIN · CYRILLE MATHEVET, MÉDECIN · JUAN RAMON GOMEZ-VERA, MÉDECIN · MARIA REINA GARCIA CLOSAS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE THIERRY BAQUE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE PUIGMAL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Hotel (LES BAILLADES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA GRANGE DE MARIUS	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BROUSSILLOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA FAMILIA · CAFE DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA VANERA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	BRUNO DIDIER, MÉDECIN · YVES DENACLARA, MÉDECIN · CYRILLE MATHEVET, MÉDECIN · JUAN RAMON GOMEZ-VERA, MÉDECIN · MARIA REINA GARCIA CLOSAS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE THIERRY BAQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE PUIGMAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	3	LES BAILLADES	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,082 peak 2007: 1,480 2023: 1,390 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,400 (2012) → 1,390 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,274 (1990) → 1,390 (2023): 9.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,549, of which 59.7 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.8 km NW 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 (Bourg-Madame): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Osséja): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Osséja): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Osséja): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Osséja): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.1

Days at or below 0 °C 79.9

Muggy days a summer 0

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 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the STE LEOCADIE weather station, 4.3 km away at 1,320 m; the village itself is at 1,246 m. ^[10]

The village sits 74 m below 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at STE LEOCADIE, 4.3 km away at 1,320 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 74 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 549 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at STE LEOCADIE, 4.3 km away at 1,320 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 — 66130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66130
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
Savines-le-Lac	05	427 km NE	1,102	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Préfailles	44	620 km NW	1,321	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 19 % · humidity 71 %
Métabief	25	595 km NE	1,375	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste	66	41 km E	1,099	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
Chaumont-sur-Tharonne	41	578 km N	1,042	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Le Verdon-sur-Mer	33	425 km NW	1,408	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 14 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste	66	41 km E	1,099	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
Le Verdon-sur-Mer	33	425 km NW	1,408	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 14 % · humidity 64 %
Savines-le-Lac	05	427 km NE	1,102	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chaumont-sur-Tharonne	41	578 km N	1,042	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Métabief	25	595 km NE	1,375	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Préfailles	44	620 km NW	1,321	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 19 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Osséja'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
Saillagouse	66	6.7 km NE	1,155	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Violay	42	427 km NE	1,218	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vigy	57	825 km N	1,522	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Courcelles-sur-Nied	57	812 km NE	1,194	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Étalans	25	626 km NE	1,643	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Nomeny	54	792 km NE	1,142	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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