Palau-del-Vidre
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Palau-del-Vidre (INSEE 66133) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris. Population 3,329 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/66133-palau-del-vidre
Vitality score
Vitality score 44.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 36 % of the 6,530 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 | 0.28 | 25 | 6.97 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.58 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.11 | 10 | 1.11 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA.MI.DO.RE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CANO). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (OHANA'B). [3,4]
8 × Restaurant (L'ANCIENNE ECOLE · DIGA · POPPODUM · LA DOLCE VITA · CHEZ LOULOU). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE FRANCE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GALAN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE JOSEP SÉBASTIA PONS). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (MARIE HOME COIFF' · JOANNA BEAUTY COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE HARAS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LA.MI.DO.RE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | CANO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | OHANA'B | 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 | 8 | L'ANCIENNE ECOLE · DIGA · POPPODUM · LA DOLCE VITA · CHEZ LOULOU | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CAFE DE FRANCE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE GALAN | 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 | MÉDIATHEQUE JOSEP SÉBASTIA PONS | 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 | 4 | MARIE HOME COIFF' · JOANNA BEAUTY COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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 LE HARAS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Thursday 7 h 00 à 12 h 00 Place de la République. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,052 (2012) → 3,329 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,004 (1990) → 3,329 (2023): 66.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,767, of which 8.4 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Palau-del-Vidre): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Palau-del-Vidre): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-André): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Palau-del-Vidre): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Palau-del-Vidre): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [11]
Measured at the ARGELES-SUR-MER weather station, 5.1 km away at 28 m; the village itself is at 21 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 17 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LE PERTHUS, 13.7 km away at 295 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 274 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 648 mm of rain a year, spread over 55 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BROUILLA, 4.5 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
248 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 227,000 € — 2,374 € per m² of built surface. [12]
17 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 155,000 € — 1,730 € per m². [12]
The median across Pyrénées-Orientales is 2,334 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66133/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.palaudelvidre.com/infos-pratiques-2/— “Place de la République : jeudi matin de 7 h 00 à 12 h 00”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66133/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66133/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66133/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66133
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66168
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valencin | 38 | 376 km NE | 2,878 | 58.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 58 % |
| Saint-Ambroix | 30 | 213 km NE | 3,445 | 52.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 % |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | 29 | 837 km NW | 3,663 | 50.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 % |
| Villelaure | 84 | 237 km NE | 3,398 | 42.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Andiol | 13 | 214 km NE | 3,353 | 47.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie | 30 | 203 km NE | 3,173 | 52.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie | 30 | 203 km NE | 3,173 | 52.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Ambroix | 30 | 213 km NE | 3,445 | 52.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Andiol | 13 | 214 km NE | 3,353 | 47.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 % |
| Villelaure | 84 | 237 km NE | 3,398 | 42.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Valencin | 38 | 376 km NE | 2,878 | 58.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 58 % |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | 29 | 837 km NW | 3,663 | 50.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · 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 Palau-del-Vidre'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinassan | 11 | 71 km N | 2,662 | 54.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cuxac-d'Aude | 11 | 75 km N | 4,079 | 42.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ortaffa | 66 | 3.2 km W | 1,980 | 47.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Boulou | 66 | 12 km SW | 5,487 | 53.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-André | 66 | 2.3 km SE | 3,388 | 45 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moussan | 11 | 73 km N | 2,093 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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