Targasonne

Identity

Targasonne (INSEE 66202) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Cerdagne. Population 201 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/66202-targasonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 15,929 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA POPOTTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE TARGASONNE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CINDY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LA GRIOLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 193 (2012) → 201 (2023): 4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 133 (1990) → 201 (2023): 51.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 238, of which 57.6 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Égat): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Égat): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Targasonne): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 128 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ANGOUSTRINE weather station, 3.8 km away at 1,381 m; the village itself is at 1,590 m. ^[11]

The village sits 209 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at STE LEOCADIE, 6.2 km away at 1,320 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 270 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 605 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ANGOUSTRINE, 3.8 km away at 1,381 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

17 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 268,000 € — 2,962 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

16 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 118,500 € — 2,971 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Pyrénées-Orientales is 2,334 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66202/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66202/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66202/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66202/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66064
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66124
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66202
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025