Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Agly Fenouillèdes · INSEE 66187

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

Partly served 51.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (INSEE 66187) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Agly Fenouillèdes. Population 1,742 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/66187-saint-paul-de-fenouillet

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 77 % of the 10,526 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.29	10	2.87
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ VANESSA ET BERTRAND). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DEPANN'MARKET · ALIMENTATION LE FENOUILLET · BESSEDIK ABDE RAHIM). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SAINT PAUL DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE PTIT CHAPITRE · BRASSERIE LES DEUX MOI Z'ELLES · MARTVAL 66). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ROLAND GANDOU). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JOSEPH CALVET). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTIAN VEDRENNE, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE LEMOINE, MÉDECIN · SAMUEL DE BIE, MÉDECIN · EDUARD DE BIE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CANAVY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (FOYER RURAL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE JOSEPH CALVET). ^[3]

1 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MANON ATELIER COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE RELAIS DES CORBIERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE L AGLY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHEZ VANESSA ET BERTRAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	DEPANN'MARKET · ALIMENTATION LE FENOUILLET · BESSEDIK ABDE RAHIM	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SAINT PAUL DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LE PTIT CHAPITRE · BRASSERIE LES DEUX MOI Z'ELLES · MARTVAL 66	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ROLAND GANDOU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JOSEPH CALVET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CHRISTIAN VEDRENNE, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE LEMOINE, MÉDECIN · SAMUEL DE BIE, MÉDECIN · EDUARD DE BIE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CANAVY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	FOYER RURAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COLLEGE JOSEPH CALVET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1	MANON ATELIER COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE RELAIS DES CORBIERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE L AGLY	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,635 2023: 1,742 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,898 (2012) → 1,742 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,214 (1990) → 1,742 (2023): -21.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,316, of which 11.9 % second homes and 22 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km W 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 (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.3

Days at or below 0 °C 12.3▸

Muggy days a summer 5.4

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST PAUL DE FENOUILLET weather station, 1.8 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 253 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST PAUL DE FENOUILLET, 1.8 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. ^[9]

An average of 714 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST PAUL DE FENOUILLET, 1.8 km away at 300 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 — 66187/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66187/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66187/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66187/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66187
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
Tocane-Saint-Apre	24	315 km NW	1,742	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Chinian	34	77 km NE	1,811	64.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-Église	50	819 km N	1,765	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Prémery	58	490 km N	1,734	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 27 % · humidity 71 %
Château-Chinon (Ville)	58	486 km N	1,770	60.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 47 % · humidity 71 %
Olonzac	34	56 km N	1,693	64	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Olonzac	34	56 km N	1,693	64	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Chinian	34	77 km NE	1,811	64.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Tocane-Saint-Apre	24	315 km NW	1,742	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Château-Chinon (Ville)	58	486 km N	1,770	60.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 47 % · humidity 71 %
Prémery	58	490 km N	1,734	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 27 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pierre-Église	50	819 km N	1,765	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %

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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-Paul-de-Fenouillet'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
Espéraza	11	27 km NW	1,774	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Quillan	11	27 km W	2,978	69.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Couiza	11	25 km NW	1,132	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Layrac	47	209 km NW	4,010	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Sarrola-Carcopino	2A	528 km E	3,278	59.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Calenzana	2B	520 km E	2,684	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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