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The municipality (red) within its province (green).
Estimated probability of at least one damaging event within 30 years, from historical catalogues: wildfires (NASA FIRMS, since 2012), earthquakes (USGS, since 1960), tsunamis (NOAA, since 1600). Being absolute, it is comparable between hazards and between countries.
Annualised from the only two figures this source publishes. With no series in between, acceleration cannot be measured, so none is shown.
Beach season
How long the outdoor season lasts: days at 22 °C or more, summer nights and winter mildness (Open-Meteo ERA5). High = a long outdoor season.
Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) — ERA5 · 2026-07-31
summer nights 13.7 °C · winter days 6.9 °C
Climate comfort
Sunny but mild: sunny days, days above 30 °C and frost days (Open-Meteo ERA5). High = bright, without punishing heat or hard winters.
Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) — ERA5 · 2026-07-31
14 days >30 °C · 45 frost days · ⌀ 11.6 °C
Earthquakes
Probability of at least one damaging earthquake over 30 years. Every quake in the USGS catalogue (1960 onwards) within 100 km is converted to the shaking intensity it would produce here, and only those reaching the structural-damage threshold (EMS-98 VI) count. Lower is better.
USGS FDSN — earthquake catalogue · 2026-07-28
10 < 100 km · max M5
Tsunamis
Probability of at least one damaging tsunami over 30 years, from historical run-ups observed within 20 km (NOAA global database — e.g. the 1755 Lisbon tsunami reached A Coruña and Corcubión). An old event still counts — tsunami rates are stable over centuries — but it is divided by the centuries of record it sits in. Only measured waves above 1 m contribute. Lower is better.
NOAA NCEI/WDS — Global Historical Tsunami Database · 2026-07-28
0 < 20 km
Wildfires
Probability of at least one damaging wildfire within 20 km over 30 years. Estimated from the full VIIRS/NASA FIRMS archive (2012 onwards): detections are collapsed onto 375 m pixels, weighted by their radiative power, and recent seasons count for more. Lower is better.
NASA FIRMS — VIIRS active fire (per-year archive) · 2026-07-28
5 < 20 km · FRP 13.1 MW
Foreign residents
Share of residents with foreign nationality (each country's official population register or census — see the source below). An established international community often eases a newcomer's integration. Higher scores better.
INSEE — recensement, population par nationalité (étrangers) · 2021-01-01
4 / 541 · 2021
Attractiveness (points of interest)
Density of points of interest per km² (tourism, culture, food, leisure, nature) from OpenStreetMap. Higher means a livelier/more attractive area.
OpenStreetMap — points of interest · 2026-08-01
0 POI
Population
Official number of residents (INE municipal register / Padrón).
INSEE — Populations légales des communes (recensement) · 2020-01-01
2020
Population change (10 years)
Population change over ~10 years — the key indicator of a village's vitality.
INSEE — Populations légales des communes (recensement) · 2020-01-01
2015 → 2020
Air connectivity
Ease of access to international airports, weighted by their importance and the straight-line distance from the municipality centre. Higher means better international connections.
TerraNova — air connectivity (curated airports) · 2026-07-27
Metz-Nancy-Lorraine (ETZ) · Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) 280 km
Everyday essentials
How many of the four essential services (pharmacy, supermarket, school, doctor) are actually inside the municipality boundary, according to OpenStreetMap. This counts presence, not distance: a municipality with none of the four means a drive for every errand.
OpenStreetMap — everyday essential services · 2026-07-28
school
Tourism potential (short-term rental)
Tourist-accommodation places per 1,000 inhabitants (INE). A proxy for short-term rental potential. High = strong rental potential (but also more tourism).
INSEE — capacité des communes en hébergement touristique (+ résidences secondaires, RP) · 2026-01-01
10 · 2026