Sainte-Marie-la-Mer
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 57.7/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Marie-la-Mer (INSEE 66182) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. Population 4,952 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/66182-sainte-marie-la-mer
Vitality score
Vitality score 57.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: low (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie); sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 72 % of the 4,735 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 | 0.54 | 25 | 13.58 |
| Social | 0.86 | 20 | 17.13 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.99 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL SAINT MARINOIS · GUYPAT · LE PAIN DU JOUR). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHEZ CARLOS). [3,4]
6 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI · LA ROTISSERIE · UTILE · LILOUKAS). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · SAINTE MARIE DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger. [3,4]
37 × Restaurant (TIVOLLI · SARL SUNBEACH · ROTOGA · KUTA CAFE). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (SANTA MARIA · Y SEM BE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERN PUBLIQUE CHARLES PERRAULT). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HELENE COLAS-CRUZ, MÉDECIN · YANN ROSSARD, MÉDECIN · MOUFAZAL AKBARALY, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE MARTINEZ, MÉDECIN · FABIEN CACHIA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE PAGNON). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE VICTOR HUGO). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE LOUIS CARRERE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (ACTIVITES AQUATIQUES ET NAUTIQUE PLAGE). [3]
9 × Hairdresser (HAIR DU SUD · INGRID COIFFURE ET BEAUTE · PRESTIGE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
7 × Campsite (PALAIS DE LA MER · CAMPING LE SAINTE MARIE · CAMPING LES CHARDONNERETS- AIRE NATURELLE · CAMPING FLORIDA · PAS D'EL FANG - CE RATP). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 18 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | LE FOURNIL SAINT MARINOIS · GUYPAT · LE PAIN DU JOUR | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE CHEZ CARLOS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 6 | PROXI · LA ROTISSERIE · UTILE · LILOUKAS | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | ALDI MARCHE · SAINTE MARIE DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 37 | TIVOLLI · SARL SUNBEACH · ROTOGA · KUTA CAFE | INSEE BPE 37 / INSEE SIRENE 76 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | SANTA MARIA · Y SEM BE | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERN PUBLIQUE CHARLES PERRAULT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | HELENE COLAS-CRUZ, MÉDECIN · YANN ROSSARD, MÉDECIN · MOUFAZAL AKBARALY, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE MARTINEZ, MÉDECIN · FABIEN CACHIA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE PAGNON | 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 VICTOR HUGO | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | STADE LOUIS CARRERE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 1 | ACTIVITES AQUATIQUES ET NAUTIQUE PLAGE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 9 | HAIR DU SUD · INGRID COIFFURE ET BEAUTE · PRESTIGE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 7 | PALAIS DE LA MER · CAMPING LE SAINTE MARIE · CAMPING LES CHARDONNERETS- AIRE NATURELLE · CAMPING FLORIDA · PAS D'EL FANG - CE RATP | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 4,687 (2012) → 4,952 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,171 (1990) → 4,952 (2023): 128.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 5,281, of which 50.2 % second homes and 0.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sainte-Marie-la-Mer): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sainte-Marie-la-Mer): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Sainte-Marie-la-Mer): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Sainte-Marie-la-Mer): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Sainte-Marie-la-Mer): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the TORREILLES weather station, 4.4 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 4 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 20 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at TORREILLES, 4.4 km away at 7 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 507 mm of rain a year, spread over 51 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at TORREILLES, 4.4 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66182/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66182/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66182/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66182/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66182
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Turballe | 44 | 672 km NW | 4,850 | 56.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 % |
| Aime-la-Plagne | 73 | 428 km NE | 4,385 | 64.9 | Served | no figures |
| Banyuls-sur-Mer | 66 | 29 km S | 4,496 | 56.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 % |
| Ghisonaccia | 2B | 531 km E | 4,405 | 60.3 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 % |
| Vias | 34 | 73 km NE | 5,952 | 66.9 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 % |
| Calvi | 2B | 470 km E | 5,788 | 65.7 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 7 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banyuls-sur-Mer | 66 | 29 km S | 4,496 | 56.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 % |
| Vias | 34 | 73 km NE | 5,952 | 66.9 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 % |
| Aime-la-Plagne | 73 | 428 km NE | 4,385 | 64.9 | Served | no figures |
| Calvi | 2B | 470 km E | 5,788 | 65.7 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 7 % |
| Ghisonaccia | 2B | 531 km E | 4,405 | 60.3 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 % |
| La Turballe | 44 | 672 km NW | 4,850 | 56.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · 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 Sainte-Marie-la-Mer'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Barcarès | 66 | 7.0 km N | 6,109 | 62 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vescovato | 2B | 526 km E | 3,406 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Torreilles | 66 | 3.5 km NW | 3,753 | 52.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nazaire | 66 | 6.9 km S | 2,779 | 56.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle | 64 | 378 km W | 7,264 | 66.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx | 40 | 369 km W | 6,238 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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