Valcebollère
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 4.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Valcebollère (INSEE 66220) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Cerdagne. Population 34 (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 4.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 11 % of the 2,609 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.42 | 10 | 4.19 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DES ECUREUILS). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | AUBERGE DES ECUREUILS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 47 (2012) → 34 (2023): -27.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 37 (1990) → 34 (2023): -8.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 75, of which 72 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saillagouse): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Osséja): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Osséja): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Osséja): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Osséja): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 126 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VALCEBOLLERE weather station, 0.1 km away at 1,519 m; the village itself is at 1,509 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PUIGMAL-NIVOSE, 5 km away at 2,461 m, over 14 summers. [10]
That station sits 952 m above 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 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 82 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VALCEBOLLERE, 0.1 km away at 1,519 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
No price figures: fewer than five comparable sales were registered here between 2021 and 2025. A median of two sales is not a median. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66220/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66220/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66220/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66220/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66167
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66130
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niort-de-Sault | 11 | 46 km N | 34 | 1.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 7 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Michel-en-Beaumont | 38 | 416 km NE | 32 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Polveroso | 2B | 602 km E | 31 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Revens | 30 | 215 km NE | 37 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 16 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rapaggio | 2B | 604 km E | 32 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 % |
| Viscos | 65 | 180 km W | 35 | 7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 11 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niort-de-Sault | 11 | 46 km N | 34 | 1.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 7 % · humidity 100 % |
| Viscos | 65 | 180 km W | 35 | 7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 11 % |
| Revens | 30 | 215 km NE | 37 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 16 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Michel-en-Beaumont | 38 | 416 km NE | 32 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Polveroso | 2B | 602 km E | 31 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rapaggio | 2B | 604 km E | 32 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 % |
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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 Valcebollère'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel-en-Beaumont | 38 | 416 km NE | 32 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sansa | 66 | 26 km NE | 31 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montgreleix | 15 | 335 km N | 31 | 0.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villard-Reymond | 38 | 435 km NE | 46 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Novel | 74 | 582 km NE | 55 | 4.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Railleu | 66 | 25 km NE | 23 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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