Aulus-les-Bains

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09029

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Partly served 43.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aulus-les-Bains (INSEE 09029) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 132 (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/09029-aulus-les-bains

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 13,055 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.13	10	1.29
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PISTOL). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT MARCHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES CHAMPS DE NEIGE · LES SOULEILLOUS · LA GOULUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-LOUIS VICQ, MÉDECIN · ANNE RAFFANEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AULUS LES BAINS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'AULUS-LES-BAINS). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE COULEDOUS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1	BOUCHERIE PISTOL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LE PETIT MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	LES CHAMPS DE NEIGE · LES SOULEILLOUS · LA GOULUE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN-LOUIS VICQ, MÉDECIN · ANNE RAFFANEL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	AULUS LES BAINS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE D'AULUS-LES-BAINS	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	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE COULEDOUS	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: 227 2023: 132 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 181 (2012) → 132 (2023): -27.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 210 (1990) → 132 (2023): -37.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 468, of which 78.2 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, GP Primary school — 6.9 km WBakery — 11.0 km NPharmacy — 11.2 km N 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 (Massat): 11 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aulus-les-Bains): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aulus-les-Bains): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Massat): 11.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ustou): 6.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 112.1▸

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 112 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AULUS-LES-BAINS weather station, 0.6 km away at 733 m; the village itself is at 757 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,672 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AULUS-LES-BAINS, 0.6 km away at 733 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09029/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09029/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09029/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09029/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09182
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09322
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
Le Vernet	04	439 km NE	132	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Camurac	11	47 km E	110	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Colomban-des-Villards	73	480 km NE	143	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Véran	05	492 km NE	160	43	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 16 %
Barèges	65	105 km W	127	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 51 %
Lescun	64	162 km W	163	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 41 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Camurac	11	47 km E	110	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 91 %
Barèges	65	105 km W	127	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 51 %
Lescun	64	162 km W	163	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 41 %
Le Vernet	04	439 km NE	132	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Colomban-des-Villards	73	480 km NE	143	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Véran	05	492 km NE	160	43	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 16 %

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Elsewhere

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