Vingrau
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vingrau (INSEE 66231) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CU Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. Population 536 (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/66231-vingrau
Vitality score
Vitality score 47.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 92 % of the 17,581 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.76 | 10 | 7.58 |
| Housing mix | 0.67 | 5 | 3.34 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE D'AQUI). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (TARTATOUILLE). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (AL TAP). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VINGRAU AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | L'EPICERIE D'AQUI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | TARTATOUILLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | AL TAP | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | VINGRAU AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 644 (2012) → 536 (2023): -16.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 426 (1990) → 536 (2023): 25.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 446, of which 16.6 % second homes and 20 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tautavel): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vingrau): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Tautavel): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Tautavel): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Vingrau): 0 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PERPIGNAN weather station, 14.7 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 140 m. [10]
The village sits 98 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PERPIGNAN, 14.7 km away at 42 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 98 m below 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 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, 8.4 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66231/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66231/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66231/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66231/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66205
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66231
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escales | 11 | 42 km N | 512 | 48.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Méry-ès-Bois | 18 | 498 km N | 533 | 40.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 % |
| Pierrefitte-sur-Loire | 03 | 415 km N | 506 | 40.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 43 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols | 84 | 236 km NE | 499 | 47.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 43 % · humidity 21 % |
| Le Bessat | 42 | 313 km NE | 530 | 51.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 % |
| Saint-Thois | 29 | 786 km NW | 703 | 48.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 91 % · humidity 21 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escales | 11 | 42 km N | 512 | 48.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols | 84 | 236 km NE | 499 | 47.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 43 % · humidity 21 % |
| Le Bessat | 42 | 313 km NE | 530 | 51.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 % |
| Pierrefitte-sur-Loire | 03 | 415 km N | 506 | 40.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 43 % · humidity 21 % |
| Méry-ès-Bois | 18 | 498 km N | 533 | 40.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Thois | 29 | 786 km NW | 703 | 48.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 91 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Vingrau'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paziols | 11 | 4.8 km W | 526 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rouffiac-d'Aude | 11 | 50 km NW | 514 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lasbordes | 11 | 77 km NW | 846 | 46.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villelongue-d'Aude | 11 | 60 km NW | 321 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Couthures-sur-Garonne | 47 | 285 km NW | 365 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Talairan | 11 | 24 km N | 440 | 45 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
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