Py

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Conflent-Canigó · INSEE 66155

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

No daily shops 19.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Py (INSEE 66155) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Conflent-Canigó. Population 83 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/66155-py

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 8,780 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.36	10	3.56
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE PY). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	AUBERGE DE PY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 113 2023: 83 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 91 (2012) → 83 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 97 (1990) → 83 (2023): -14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 153, of which 61.4 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 4.2 km NPrimary school — 4.4 km NGP — 7.0 km NPharmacy — 9.3 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 (Py): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sahorre): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vernet-les-Bains): 7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Olette): 9.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sahorre): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.2

Days at or below 0 °C 74.3

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VERNET LES BAINS weather station, 6.5 km away at 630 m; the village itself is at 1,034 m. ^[12]

The village sits 404 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VERNET LES BAINS, 6.5 km away at 630 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 404 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PY, 0.1 km away at 1,040 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66155/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66155/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66155/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66155/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66166
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66222
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66125
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
Laviolle	07	299 km NE	98	13.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Mayres-Savel	38	379 km NE	94	14.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Arlos	31	142 km W	106	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Pioggiola	2B	545 km E	87	22.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Castillon-de-Larboust	31	153 km W	84	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon	04	331 km NE	82	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arlos	31	142 km W	106	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Castillon-de-Larboust	31	153 km W	84	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Laviolle	07	299 km NE	98	13.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon	04	331 km NE	82	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Mayres-Savel	38	379 km NE	94	14.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Pioggiola	2B	545 km E	87	22.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Py'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
Rabouillet	66	26 km N	85	5.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Belfahy	70	681 km NE	83	8.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Goudet	43	295 km NE	85	9.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Espinchal	63	325 km N	72	12	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux	12	172 km N	84	5.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rodome	11	41 km NW	96	6.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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