La Bastide-sur-l'Hers

Ariège · CC du Pays de Mirepoix · INSEE 09043

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

Partly served 59.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Bastide-sur-l'Hers (INSEE 09043) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays de Mirepoix. Population 676 (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 59.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 16,557 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	0.71	25	17.74
Social	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.42	10	4.22
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU COEUR DU FOURNIL). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE ESCOT · SARL ESCOT ET FILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIENVENUE CHEZ REMI). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LTD 09 · LOUSTALET · LA FUMATIERE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE MAGALI). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU COEUR DU FOURNIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE ESCOT · SARL ESCOT ET FILS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BIENVENUE CHEZ REMI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LTD 09 · LOUSTALET · LA FUMATIERE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LE SALON DE MAGALI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 796 2023: 676 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 737 (2012) → 676 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 733 (1990) → 676 (2023): -7.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 536, of which 22.9 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.4 km WPharmacy — 3.8 km W 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 (La Bastide-sur-l'Hers): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Bastide-sur-l'Hers): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Laroque-d'Olmes): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Laroque-d'Olmes): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Bastide-sur-l'Hers): 0.1 km to the north-east (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, 3.8 km away at 391 m; the village itself is at 429 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LERAN, 3.8 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, 3.8 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 — 09043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09043
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
Nouans-les-Fontaines	37	467 km N	672	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Brocas	40	232 km NW	721	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Mers-sur-Indre	36	412 km N	659	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Cruis	04	340 km NE	655	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 12 % · humidity 71 %
Lauzun	47	219 km NW	735	60.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 64 %
Soligny-la-Trappe	61	638 km N	627	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lauzun	47	219 km NW	735	60.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 64 %
Brocas	40	232 km NW	721	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Cruis	04	340 km NE	655	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 12 % · humidity 71 %
Mers-sur-Indre	36	412 km N	659	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Nouans-les-Fontaines	37	467 km N	672	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Soligny-la-Trappe	61	638 km N	627	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · 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 La Bastide-sur-l'Hers'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
Mers-sur-Indre	36	412 km N	659	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Groléjac	24	213 km N	686	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse	71	481 km NE	655	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Garnat-sur-Engièvre	03	432 km N	653	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Ourouer-les-Bourdelins	18	447 km N	603	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Marcilly-en-Gault	41	501 km N	754	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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