Rivesaltes
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 68.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Rivesaltes (INSEE 66164) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. Population 9,270 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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/66164-rivesaltes
Vitality score
Vitality score 68.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 92 % of the 2,651 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 | 0.6 | 25 | 14.99 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.77 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.76 | 10 | 7.57 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 8.04 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.69 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
8 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BONCOLAC PATISSERIE · OSTER PATISSIER · ABRANTES JOSE-ANTONIO · COURTEQUISSE J.PH-AU FOURNIL BABAUS · LES GIVRES XM). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE DUFFAUD). [3,4]
5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CONFISERIE DU TECH · UTILE · EPICERIE CHEZ TAMARA · CHEZ OTHMAN · RIVEDIS). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (ASPAM · CARREFOUR EXPRESS · LA PALETTE · CARREFOUR CITY). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (DELCAMP). [3,4]
38 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU DOMAINE DE ROMBEAU · AU P'TIT RESTO · SARL LE BRASERO · LE MOULIN A SOUFRE · POIVRE ROUGE). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (BAR DES ALLEES · L'ATLANTIS). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOL MATE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE MATERNELLE ANDRE MALRAUX). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN ZAY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSEPH-SEBASTIEN PONS). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE JOFFRE). [3]
17 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARION GEOFFROY, MÉDECIN · PASCALE BODINAUD, MÉDECIN · MARTIN RUIZ, MÉDECIN · CHARLENE RANCIERE, MÉDECIN · CYRIL DUFOUR, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE LAGUERRE PONSAILLE · PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE FONS DEJEAN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE PLACE DU GÉNÉRAL DE GAULLE). [3]
1 × Cinema (MEGA CGR). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU COLLEGE). [3]
5 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · SBCIC · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD MEDITERRANEE · CREDIT LYONNAIS). [3]
17 × Hairdresser (BEAUTE & MATIERE · MYLEN'HAIR). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
7 × Hotel (NOVOTEL PERPIGNAN · KYRIAD-COURTEPAILLE · CAMPANILE · IBIS BUDGET - PERPIGNAN NORD · PREMIERE CLASSE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CENTRE ANAS SOLEIL 2000). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 8 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 6 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 15 × Restaurant, 4 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 8 | BONCOLAC PATISSERIE · OSTER PATISSIER · ABRANTES JOSE-ANTONIO · COURTEQUISSE J.PH-AU FOURNIL BABAUS · LES GIVRES XM | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | CHARCUTERIE DUFFAUD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 5 | CONFISERIE DU TECH · UTILE · EPICERIE CHEZ TAMARA · CHEZ OTHMAN · RIVEDIS | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | ASPAM · CARREFOUR EXPRESS · LA PALETTE · CARREFOUR CITY | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | DELCAMP | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 38 | AUBERGE DU DOMAINE DE ROMBEAU · AU P'TIT RESTO · SARL LE BRASERO · LE MOULIN A SOUFRE · POIVRE ROUGE | INSEE BPE 38 / INSEE SIRENE 56 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | BAR DES ALLEES · L'ATLANTIS | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOL MATE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE MATERNELLE ANDRE MALRAUX | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN ZAY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSEPH-SEBASTIEN PONS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE JOFFRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 17 | MARION GEOFFROY, MÉDECIN · PASCALE BODINAUD, MÉDECIN · MARTIN RUIZ, MÉDECIN · CHARLENE RANCIERE, MÉDECIN · CYRIL DUFOUR, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 17 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | SELARL PHARMACIE LAGUERRE PONSAILLE · PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE FONS DEJEAN | INSEE BPE 3 / 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 | MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE PLACE DU GÉNÉRAL DE GAULLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | MEGA CGR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU COLLEGE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 5 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · SBCIC · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD MEDITERRANEE · CREDIT LYONNAIS | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 17 | BEAUTE & MATIERE · MYLEN'HAIR | INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 7 | NOVOTEL PERPIGNAN · KYRIAD-COURTEPAILLE · CAMPANILE · IBIS BUDGET - PERPIGNAN NORD · PREMIERE CLASSE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CENTRE ANAS SOLEIL 2000 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 8,201 (2012) → 9,270 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 7,110 (1990) → 9,270 (2023): 30.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,988, of which 3.1 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rivesaltes): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rivesaltes): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Rivesaltes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Rivesaltes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Rivesaltes): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 8 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the PERPIGNAN weather station, 3.3 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 26 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at PERPIGNAN, 3.3 km away at 42 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 540 mm of rain a year, spread over 53 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at PERPIGNAN, 3.3 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
426 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 171,000 € — 2,013 € per m² of built surface. [10]
120 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 119,700 € — 1,630 € per m². [10]
The median across Pyrénées-Orientales is 2,334 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66164/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66164/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66164/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66164/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66164
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont-l'Hérault | 34 | 106 km NE | 9,461 | 82.2 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 % |
| Elne | 66 | 20 km SE | 9,511 | 66.9 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 % |
| Scionzier | 74 | 468 km NE | 9,162 | 63.9 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 % |
| Molsheim | 67 | 736 km NE | 9,318 | 68.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 32 % · humidity 7 % |
| Breuillet | 91 | 647 km N | 9,157 | 60 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 % |
| Condé-sur-l'Escaut | 59 | 856 km N | 9,253 | 61.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elne | 66 | 20 km SE | 9,511 | 66.9 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 % |
| Clermont-l'Hérault | 34 | 106 km NE | 9,461 | 82.2 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 % |
| Scionzier | 74 | 468 km NE | 9,162 | 63.9 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 % |
| Breuillet | 91 | 647 km N | 9,157 | 60 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 % |
| Molsheim | 67 | 736 km NE | 9,318 | 68.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 32 % · humidity 7 % |
| Condé-sur-l'Escaut | 59 | 856 km N | 9,253 | 61.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 49 % · 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 Rivesaltes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pia | 66 | 4.9 km SE | 11,615 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Estève | 66 | 6.9 km S | 11,630 | 50.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cabestany | 66 | 11 km SE | 10,465 | 56.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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