Baulou
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Baulou (INSEE 09044) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 164 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 12.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 28 % of the 14,769 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.76 | 10 | 7.62 |
| Housing mix | 0.54 | 5 | 2.69 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).
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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 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 | 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 | 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
Population 164 (2012) → 164 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 130 (1990) → 164 (2023): 26.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 104, of which 23.1 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Serres-sur-Arget): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Jean-de-Verges): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Verges): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Cadarcet): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CADARCET weather station, 2.6 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 483 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at COS, 5.7 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [12]
An average of 1,182 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CADARCET, 2.6 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
7 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 157,000 € — 1,586 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [13]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09044/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09044/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09044/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09044/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09293
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09273
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09264
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09071
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tannay-le-Mont-Dieu | 08 | 767 km N | 163 | 9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 78 % |
| Loddes | 03 | 404 km NE | 166 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chaumont | 61 | 654 km N | 165 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Dercé | 86 | 449 km N | 162 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Agnat | 43 | 301 km NE | 170 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 % |
| Frayssinhes | 46 | 210 km N | 169 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frayssinhes | 46 | 210 km N | 169 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Agnat | 43 | 301 km NE | 170 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 % |
| Loddes | 03 | 404 km NE | 166 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 % |
| Dercé | 86 | 449 km N | 162 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chaumont | 61 | 654 km N | 165 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Tannay-le-Mont-Dieu | 08 | 767 km N | 163 | 9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 78 % |
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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 Baulou'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dercé | 86 | 449 km N | 162 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Frayssinhes | 46 | 210 km N | 169 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lagarde-Hachan | 32 | 95 km NW | 164 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bellon | 16 | 278 km NW | 145 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet | 46 | 188 km N | 172 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Malo-en-Donziois | 58 | 497 km N | 150 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
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