Passa

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC des Aspres · INSEE 66134

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Passa (INSEE 66134) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC des Aspres. Population 1,118 (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 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 13,662 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (O P'TIT BONHEUR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PASSA AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PASSA). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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	1	O P'TIT BONHEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ACHILLE CADENAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	PASSA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PASSA	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 BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 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: 468 2023: 1,118 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 693 (2012) → 1,118 (2023): 61.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 487 (1990) → 1,118 (2023): 129.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 571, of which 8.8 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km WPharmacy — 2.5 km WBakery — 2.7 km WGP — 2.7 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 (Fourques): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fourques): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villemolaque): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fourques): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Passa): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.9

Days at or below 0 °C 19.1

Muggy days a summer 13.8▸

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 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TRESSERRE weather station, 3.9 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 128 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VIVES, 6.3 km away at 261 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 133 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 610 mm of rain a year, spread over 59 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TRESSERRE, 3.9 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66134/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66134/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66134/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66134/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66084
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66226
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66134
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
La Chapelle-d'Aurec	43	326 km N	1,115	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 %
Roannes-Saint-Mary	15	256 km N	1,101	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Cuffy	18	488 km N	1,020	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 38 % · humidity 14 %
Luzillat	63	377 km N	1,163	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 14 %
Orthevielle	40	339 km W	1,073	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 50 %
Saulgé	86	450 km N	1,011	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Roannes-Saint-Mary	15	256 km N	1,101	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
La Chapelle-d'Aurec	43	326 km N	1,115	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 %
Orthevielle	40	339 km W	1,073	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 50 %
Luzillat	63	377 km N	1,163	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 14 %
Saulgé	86	450 km N	1,011	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 %
Cuffy	18	488 km N	1,020	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 38 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Passa'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
Cases-de-Pène	66	22 km N	973	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Tresserre	66	2.2 km SE	1,166	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Arrossa	64	344 km W	543	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Colombe	40	300 km NW	633	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Manciet	32	263 km NW	758	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Uzos	64	268 km W	874	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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