Ria-Sirach

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Conflent-Canigó · INSEE 66161

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

Few services 39.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ria-Sirach (INSEE 66161) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Conflent-Canigó. Population 1,264 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/66161-ria-sirach

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 53 % of the 12,899 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.74	10	7.43
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CASA D'ARRIA · LA PIZZ'A RIA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PAULINE GARRIGUE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE PLANAS SABATER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (RECREA'TIFF). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING BELLEVUE · CAMPING MAS DE LASTOURG). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	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	2	LA CASA D'ARRIA · LA PIZZ'A RIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PAULINE GARRIGUE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE PLANAS SABATER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	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	2	RECREA'TIFF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING BELLEVUE · CAMPING MAS DE LASTOURG	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,057 peak 2017: 1,325 2023: 1,264 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,257 (2012) → 1,264 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,017 (1990) → 1,264 (2023): 24.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 860, of which 15.1 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.6 km EPharmacy — 0.6 km EBakery — 1.4 km E 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 (Ria-Sirach): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ria-Sirach): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ria-Sirach): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ria-Sirach): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ria-Sirach): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.4

Days at or below 0 °C 27.4

Muggy days a summer 7.8

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CODALET weather station, 2.3 km away at 450 m; the village itself is at 396 m. ^[9]

The village sits 54 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at TAURINYA, 3.3 km away at 770 m, over 12 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 374 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 555 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CODALET, 2.3 km away at 450 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 — 66161/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66161/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66161/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66161/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66161
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
Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat	09	69 km NW	1,352	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Restitut	26	272 km NE	1,432	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Marcel	36	450 km N	1,514	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Sainte-Verge	79	531 km N	1,404	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Lizier	09	112 km NW	1,391	47	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Dasle	25	647 km NE	1,363	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 32 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat	09	69 km NW	1,352	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Lizier	09	112 km NW	1,391	47	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Restitut	26	272 km NE	1,432	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Marcel	36	450 km N	1,514	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Sainte-Verge	79	531 km N	1,404	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 %
Dasle	25	647 km NE	1,363	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 32 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Ria-Sirach'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
Montgailhard	09	72 km NW	1,437	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Beautiran	33	327 km NW	2,488	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ayguemorte-les-Graves	33	329 km NW	1,425	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Augustin	17	441 km NW	1,521	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chaillevette	17	444 km NW	1,664	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Louey	65	204 km W	1,124	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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