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Audressein

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09026

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Audressein (INSEE 09026) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 144 (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/09026-audressein

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 13,781 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.69106.9
Housing mix0.1950.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 150 2023: 144 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 117 (2012) → 144 (2023): 23.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 121 (1990) → 144 (2023): 19 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 141, of which 40.4 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmGP — 0.8 km S (Castillon-en-Couserans)Bakery — 0.9 km SE (Castillon-en-Couserans)Food shop — 1.0 km SE (Castillon-en-Couserans)Primary school — 1.2 km SE (Castillon-en-Couserans)Pharmacy — 11.4 km NE (Saint-Girons)
GP — 0.8 km SBakery — 0.9 km SEFood shop — 1.0 km SEPrimary school — 1.2 km SEPharmacy — 11.4 km NE 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 (Castillon-en-Couserans): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Castillon-en-Couserans): 1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Castillon-en-Couserans): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Girons): 11.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Castillon-en-Couserans): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the AUGIREIN weather station, 8.5 km away at 655 m; the village itself is at 507 m. [10]

The village sits 148 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 10.9 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 93 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 1,266 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BONAC-IRAZEIN, 6.8 km away at 850 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09026/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09026/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09026/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09026/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09085
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09261
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Garanou0962 km E1433.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Heuland14711 km N14812.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Tourette-du-Château06505 km E14712.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Beauvoisin26370 km NE14113.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Vauclaix58527 km NE1346.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Antichan-de-Frontignes3130 km W15812.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Antichan-de-Frontignes3130 km W15812.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Garanou0962 km E1433.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Beauvoisin26370 km NE14113.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Tourette-du-Château06505 km E14712.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Vauclaix58527 km NE1346.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Heuland14711 km N14812.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Audressein'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fontenay-près-Vézelay89543 km N1355.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Trucy-sur-Yonne89562 km N1327.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cescau091.2 km E16312.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lucy-sur-Yonne89549 km N1264No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rougemont21584 km NE1437No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Arbourse58511 km N1237.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %