Pézilla-la-Rivière

Pyrénées-Orientales · CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole · INSEE 66140

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

Partly served 49.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pézilla-la-Rivière (INSEE 66140) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. Population 4,129 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/66140-pezilla-la-riviere

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 46 % of the 5,481 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	0.43	25	10.64
Social	0.5	20	9.98
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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) (J.D.BAKERY'S · LES DOUCEURS D'ANTAN · LUNIK PATISSERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE DU HUIT). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ALIMENTATION TOMAS CHEZ MARIE · EPICERIE LA CASA DE DAMINSE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (BESTOF.FR · L'ARAMON GOURMAND · CASA PEDRO · O DELICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE GARRIGA). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE MELLIES). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE SARDA GARRIGA). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-LOUISE MASARDO, MÉDECIN · EDUARD IULIAN CARAULEANU, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN MICHALSKI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMABELLA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RAMON LLULL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (S.C.J COIFFURE · JOELLE BATAILLE COIFFURE DOMICILE · SK COIFFURE BY PAULINE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	J.D.BAKERY'S · LES DOUCEURS D'ANTAN · LUNIK PATISSERIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BOUCHERIE DU HUIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	ALIMENTATION TOMAS CHEZ MARIE · EPICERIE LA CASA DE DAMINSE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	6	BESTOF.FR · L'ARAMON GOURMAND · CASA PEDRO · O DELICES	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE GARRIGA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE MELLIES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE SARDA GARRIGA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MARIE-LOUISE MASARDO, MÉDECIN · EDUARD IULIAN CARAULEANU, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN MICHALSKI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMABELLA	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 MUNICIPALE RAMON LLULL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	S.C.J COIFFURE · JOELLE BATAILLE COIFFURE DOMICILE · SK COIFFURE BY PAULINE	INSEE BPE 3 / 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	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: 2,159 2023: 4,129 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,330 (2012) → 4,129 (2023): 24 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,349 (1990) → 4,129 (2023): 75.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,070, of which 2.6 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Pézilla-la-Rivière): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pézilla-la-Rivière): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pézilla-la-Rivière): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pézilla-la-Rivière): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pézilla-la-Rivière): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the THUIR weather station, 6.1 km away at 110 m; the village itself is at 69 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at THUIR, 6.1 km away at 110 m, over 14 summers. ^[9]

An average of 586 mm of rain a year, spread over 59 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at THUIR, 6.1 km away at 110 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66140/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66140/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66140/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66140/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66140
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
Jouarre	77	693 km N	4,221	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 46 % · humidity 21 %
Survilliers	95	712 km N	4,091	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 21 %
Rousies	59	848 km N	3,980	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 %
Villemoustaussou	11	70 km NW	4,401	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villieu-Loyes-Mollon	01	408 km NE	3,849	47.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 47 % · humidity 21 %
Ormes	45	588 km N	4,376	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villemoustaussou	11	70 km NW	4,401	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villieu-Loyes-Mollon	01	408 km NE	3,849	47.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 47 % · humidity 21 %
Ormes	45	588 km N	4,376	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %
Jouarre	77	693 km N	4,221	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 46 % · humidity 21 %
Survilliers	95	712 km N	4,091	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 21 %
Rousies	59	848 km N	3,980	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Pézilla-la-Rivière'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
Villemoustaussou	11	70 km NW	4,401	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Bizanos	64	263 km W	4,592	58.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts	13	201 km NE	6,175	67.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Palaja	11	62 km NW	2,722	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-lès-Béziers	34	81 km NE	4,500	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Féliu-d'Avall	66	3.2 km SW	2,950	65.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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