Saint-Marsal
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Marsal (INSEE 66183) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC du Haut Vallespir. Population 77 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 99 % of the 8,160 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.5 | 10 | 5 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MARSAL AP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | SAINT MARSAL AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 91 (2012) → 77 (2023): -15.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 77 (1990) → 77 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 145, of which 63.4 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Marsal): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CAIXAS weather station, 7.3 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 708 m. [10]
The village sits 361 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CAIXAS, 7.3 km away at 347 m, over 14 summers. [10]
That station sits 361 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 773 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST MARSAL, 0.2 km away at 690 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66183/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66183/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66183/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66183/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66003
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66183
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedicorte-di-Gaggio | 2B | 552 km E | 114 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ferrières | 65 | 241 km W | 94 | 20.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 88 % |
| Les Salces | 48 | 226 km N | 83 | 24.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 18 % · humidity 71 % |
| Meria | 2B | 559 km E | 81 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 % |
| Pietraserena | 2B | 553 km E | 62 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Portet-d'Aspet | 31 | 150 km W | 63 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portet-d'Aspet | 31 | 150 km W | 63 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 % |
| Les Salces | 48 | 226 km N | 83 | 24.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 18 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ferrières | 65 | 241 km W | 94 | 20.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 88 % |
| Piedicorte-di-Gaggio | 2B | 552 km E | 114 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pietraserena | 2B | 553 km E | 62 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Meria | 2B | 559 km E | 81 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 88 % · 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 Saint-Marsal'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campile | 2B | 552 km E | 181 | 27.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Labastide-Esparbairenque | 11 | 96 km N | 66 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Crocicchia | 2B | 552 km E | 81 | 11 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bisinchi | 2B | 549 km E | 183 | 30.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Citou | 11 | 93 km N | 101 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bigorno | 2B | 547 km E | 97 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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