Villemolaque

Identity

Villemolaque (INSEE 66226) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC des Aspres. Population 1,278 (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/66226-villemolaque

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 47 % of the 12,819 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ LAURENT). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMILIAN DRAGOMIR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLEMOLAQUE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VILLEMOLAQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (NOUVELLE SALLE MULTIACTIVITES). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[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), Café / bar, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,191 (2012) → 1,278 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 833 (1990) → 1,278 (2023): 53.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 646, of which 4 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bages): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villemolaque): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villemolaque): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Banyuls-dels-Aspres): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villemolaque): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TRESSERRE weather station, 4.9 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[11]

The village sits 58 m below 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 15 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VIVES, 8.6 km away at 261 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 171 m above 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 610 mm of rain a year, spread over 59 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TRESSERRE, 4.9 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66226/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66226/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66226/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66226/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66011
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66226
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66015
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024