Réal
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 11.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Réal (INSEE 66159) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Catalanes. Population 81 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/66159-real
Vitality score
Vitality score 11.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 45 % of the 8,579 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 61 (2012) → 81 (2023): 32.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 25 (1990) → 81 (2023): 224 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 162, of which 72.2 % second homes and 1.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Formiguères): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Formiguères): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Les Angles): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Les Angles): 7.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Matemale): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 128 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FORMIGUERES weather station, 2.4 km away at 1,495 m; the village itself is at 1,428 m. [11]
The village sits 67 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at FORMIGUERES, 2.4 km away at 1,495 m, over 19 summers. [11]
That station sits 67 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 719 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FORMIGUERES, 2.4 km away at 1,495 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 — 66159/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66159/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66159/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66159/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66082
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66004
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66105
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorgeat | 09 | 25 km NW | 89 | 7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villedieu | 21 | 613 km N | 71 | 5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cellier-du-Luc | 07 | 269 km NE | 91 | 4.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-de-Chalvagne | 04 | 404 km E | 81 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 3 % |
| Siguer | 09 | 49 km W | 96 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Salvezines | 11 | 22 km NE | 70 | 2.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvezines | 11 | 22 km NE | 70 | 2.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sorgeat | 09 | 25 km NW | 89 | 7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Siguer | 09 | 49 km W | 96 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cellier-du-Luc | 07 | 269 km NE | 91 | 4.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-de-Chalvagne | 04 | 404 km E | 81 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 3 % |
| Villedieu | 21 | 613 km N | 71 | 5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Réal'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellier-du-Luc | 07 | 269 km NE | 91 | 4.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Novel | 74 | 556 km NE | 55 | 4.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Malleval-en-Vercors | 38 | 385 km NE | 57 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Alban-en-Montagne | 07 | 272 km NE | 63 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellecombe | 39 | 507 km NE | 73 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villard-Reymond | 38 | 410 km NE | 46 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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