Aigues-Vives

Ariège · CC du Pays de Mirepoix · INSEE 09002

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 36.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aigues-Vives (INSEE 09002) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays de Mirepoix. Population 625 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 16,866 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.85	10	8.53
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE FERMINO). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT LE KART'ARE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (S'AGITT'HAIR · AU PETIT SALON D'EVA). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MAEVA RESPIRE LA SERRE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE FERMINO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	BAR RESTAURANT LE KART'ARE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	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	2	S'AGITT'HAIR · AU PETIT SALON D'EVA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	MAEVA RESPIRE LA SERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 188 peak 2017: 666 2023: 625 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 598 (2012) → 625 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 462 (1990) → 625 (2023): 35.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 316, of which 5.1 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.9 km SFood shop — 3.0 km SPharmacy — 3.2 km S Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Aigues-Vives): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laroque-d'Olmes): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laroque-d'Olmes): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Laroque-d'Olmes): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Aigues-Vives): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.3

Days at or below 0 °C 55.3

Muggy days a summer 4.3

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LERAN weather station, 3.6 km away at 391 m; the village itself is at 417 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LERAN, 3.6 km away at 391 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 798 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LERAN, 3.6 km away at 391 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 — 09002/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09002/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09002/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09002/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09002
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09157
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
Varennes	82	105 km N	627	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Baffe	88	681 km NE	631	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Ceffonds	52	649 km N	665	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Waldhambach	67	778 km NE	598	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Caubios-Loos	64	191 km W	683	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Thiaville-sur-Meurthe	54	714 km NE	597	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Varennes	82	105 km N	627	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Caubios-Loos	64	191 km W	683	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Ceffonds	52	649 km N	665	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Baffe	88	681 km NE	631	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Thiaville-sur-Meurthe	54	714 km NE	597	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Waldhambach	67	778 km NE	598	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Aigues-Vives'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
Ebersmunster	67	736 km NE	574	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
La Faye	16	363 km N	617	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Hessenheim	67	728 km NE	614	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent-la-Commanderie	26	337 km NE	636	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Villemotier	01	461 km NE	612	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Puyréaux	16	345 km N	582	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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