We were indeed staying there. We rented a house for 2 weeks. a great holiday. My only regret is we stayed there 2 weeks before wild boar season. I would have loved some 'bacon'!

Like most of the villages in that area it depends on it being high season or low! Le Vivier has approx 80 but it swells during the summer but can drop below 40 in the winter if grandma decides to stay with her family in somewhere like Perpignan. I would think Vira has the same migrationary pattern.

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Road D19 is a high viewpoint. The photo was taken from this road, looking south toward the higher part of Pyrénées toward northern Spain

The photo was taken from the car park nearby. The hermitage can be reached by footpath through the trees (bottom right) or via road (near top right)

Thanks for the correction Pete. As you can see I have changed the title!