Salses-le-Château
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Salses-le-Château (INSEE 66190) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. Population 3,965 (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/66190-salses-le-chateau
Vitality score
Vitality score 50.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 51 % of the 5,680 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 | 0.35 | 25 | 8.79 |
| Social | 0.65 | 20 | 13.05 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.3 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU BLE D'OR · CEREZO). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ BABETH · EPICERIE DU CHATEAU). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CITY). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (SALSES PIZZA · CL CONSTRUCTIONS · CHEZ LES FRAIS'RO). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LA BOCA DU CHAT'O · CAFE DE FRANCE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CLAUDE SIMON). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIA DE LOS ANGELES ALBA SIEIRA RIBOT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS LOEVE, MÉDECIN · LAURA AGNÈS LATORRE GARCIA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CHATEAU). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SALSES LE CHATEAU LPAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE CLAUDE SIMON). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CLAUDE SIMON). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (CLIN D'OEIL · EM COIFFURE · LEFEBVRE ELIANE · STUDIO COIFF' · C'L'HAIR EN SOIS). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DU FORT DE SALSES). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING INTERNATIONAL DU ROUSSILLON · CAMPING LE BOIS DES PINS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | AU BLE D'OR · CEREZO | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | CHEZ BABETH · EPICERIE DU CHATEAU | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | CARREFOUR CITY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 6 | SALSES PIZZA · CL CONSTRUCTIONS · CHEZ LES FRAIS'RO | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LA BOCA DU CHAT'O · CAFE DE FRANCE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE CLAUDE SIMON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | MARIA DE LOS ANGELES ALBA SIEIRA RIBOT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS LOEVE, MÉDECIN · LAURA AGNÈS LATORRE GARCIA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU CHATEAU | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SALSES LE CHATEAU LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE CLAUDE SIMON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE CLAUDE SIMON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 5 | CLIN D'OEIL · EM COIFFURE · LEFEBVRE ELIANE · STUDIO COIFF' · C'L'HAIR EN SOIS | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT DU FORT DE SALSES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING INTERNATIONAL DU ROUSSILLON · CAMPING LE BOIS DES PINS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,227 (2012) → 3,965 (2023): 22.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,422 (1990) → 3,965 (2023): 63.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,801, of which 7 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Salses-le-Château): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Salses-le-Château): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Salses-le-Château): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Hippolyte): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Salses-le-Château): 0.3 km to the south (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. [10]
Measured at the TORREILLES weather station, 10 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 10 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 20 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at TORREILLES, 10 km away at 7 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 654 mm of rain a year, spread over 60 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at OPOUL PERILLOS, 5 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
227 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 155,000 € — 1,941 € per m² of built surface. [11]
13 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 153,000 € — 1,321 € per m². [11]
The median across Pyrénées-Orientales is 2,334 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
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 — 66190/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66190/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66190/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66190/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66190
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66176
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreuil-Bellay | 49 | 536 km NW | 3,746 | 50.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 % |
| Orcines | 63 | 328 km N | 3,609 | 48.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 7 % · humidity 0 % |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers | 85 | 558 km NW | 3,726 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 61 % |
| Rostrenen | 22 | 772 km NW | 3,282 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 % |
| Geneston | 44 | 585 km NW | 3,685 | 48.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois | 18 | 458 km N | 3,151 | 42.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orcines | 63 | 328 km N | 3,609 | 48.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 7 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois | 18 | 458 km N | 3,151 | 42.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 0 % |
| Montreuil-Bellay | 49 | 536 km NW | 3,746 | 50.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 % |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers | 85 | 558 km NW | 3,726 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 61 % |
| Geneston | 44 | 585 km NW | 3,685 | 48.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 % |
| Rostrenen | 22 | 772 km NW | 3,282 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 91 % · 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 Salses-le-Château'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vescovato | 2B | 535 km E | 3,406 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bénesse-Maremne | 40 | 358 km W | 3,780 | 48.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nazaire | 66 | 19 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 | 367 km W | 7,264 | 66.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Claira | 66 | 8.8 km S | 4,922 | 48 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx | 40 | 358 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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