Pollestres

Pyrénées-Orientales · CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole · INSEE 66144

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

Partly served 54/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pollestres (INSEE 66144) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. Population 5,548 (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/66144-pollestres

Vitality score

Vitality score 54/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 4,254 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	0.32	25	8.08
Social	0.67	20	13.44
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.47	10	4.67
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 2 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · L'ECHOPPE DU PAIN · NDJP). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOKITA). ^[3]

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

1 × Supermarket (LILONE). ^[3,4]

12 × Restaurant (LE PETIT FOUR · GUY BARBOTEU RESTAURATION SARL · PIZZA DEL SOL · MONSIEUR CREPES · LE P'TIT COMPTOIR). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BRASSERIE DE L'EUROPE · LA MISE EN BIERE - LE BEERTRUCK). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOL MATERN PUBLIQUE P.ELUARD). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAU CASALS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE MAISON ENFANTS EN ROUSSILLON). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURELIE VIARD, MÉDECIN · MARGUERITE CASTAING, MÉDECIN · JULIEN VIVANCOS, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE RAMOS, MÉDECIN · PASCAL LEVILLAIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (POLLESTRES VAPOT'FRANCE LPR RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Cinema (ESPACE ARTHUR CONTE). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (LADY BOY · AUDREY COIFFURE · EXCEL COIFFURE · DOZIT). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 8 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 3 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · L'ECHOPPE DU PAIN · NDJP	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOKITA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	NETTO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LILONE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	12	LE PETIT FOUR · GUY BARBOTEU RESTAURATION SARL · PIZZA DEL SOL · MONSIEUR CREPES · LE P'TIT COMPTOIR	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 21 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BRASSERIE DE L'EUROPE · LA MISE EN BIERE - LE BEERTRUCK	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOL MATERN PUBLIQUE P.ELUARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAU CASALS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE MAISON ENFANTS EN ROUSSILLON	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	AURELIE VIARD, MÉDECIN · MARGUERITE CASTAING, MÉDECIN · JULIEN VIVANCOS, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE RAMOS, MÉDECIN · PASCAL LEVILLAIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	POLLESTRES VAPOT'FRANCE LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MARQUISE DE BLANES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	ESPACE ARTHUR CONTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	8	LADY BOY · AUDREY COIFFURE · EXCEL COIFFURE · DOZIT	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,006 2023: 5,548 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,590 (2012) → 5,548 (2023): 20.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,019 (1990) → 5,548 (2023): 83.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,770, of which 3 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.3 km N 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 (Pollestres): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pollestres): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pollestres): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Perpignan): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 51.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 21.3

Muggy days a summer 15▸

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 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CANOHES weather station, 3.5 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 44 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PERPIGNAN, 10.7 km away at 42 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 617 mm of rain a year, spread over 58 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CANOHES, 3.5 km away at 73 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 — 66144/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66144/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66144/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66144/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66144
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66136
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
Lardy	91	656 km N	5,530	58.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Grans	13	208 km NE	5,489	53.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 14 %
La Ville-aux-Dames	37	554 km N	5,606	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 7 %
Ploumagoar	22	805 km NW	5,414	56.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Parmain	95	722 km N	5,655	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Viarmes	95	722 km N	5,558	55.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grans	13	208 km NE	5,489	53.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 14 %
La Ville-aux-Dames	37	554 km N	5,606	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 7 %
Lardy	91	656 km N	5,530	58.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Parmain	95	722 km N	5,655	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Viarmes	95	722 km N	5,558	55.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Ploumagoar	22	805 km NW	5,414	56.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · 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 Pollestres'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
Saleilles	66	7.0 km E	5,698	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Boujan-sur-Libron	34	87 km N	3,619	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Le Boulou	66	13 km S	5,487	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sigean	11	44 km N	5,657	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Baho	66	7.9 km NW	3,231	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bages	66	4.2 km SE	4,560	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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