Bestiac
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bestiac (INSEE 09053) is in Ariège (09), part of CC de la Haute Ariège. Population 35 (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 12.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 2,719 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 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.07 | 5 | 0.33 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 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 20 (2012) → 35 (2023): 75 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 19 (1990) → 35 (2023): 84.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 30, of which 46.7 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Perles-et-Castelet): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Perles-et-Castelet): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Luzenac): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Ax-les-Thermes): 6.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Luzenac): 2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 114 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SAVIGNAC weather station, 5.1 km away at 680 m; the village itself is at 845 m. [11]
The village sits 165 m above 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ASTON, 9.2 km away at 1,781 m, over 20 summers. [11]
That station sits 936 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,032 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SAVIGNAC, 5.1 km away at 680 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 — 09053/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09053/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09053/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09053/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09228
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09176
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09032
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaines-Saint-Clair | 55 | 781 km N | 35 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 % |
| Esconnets | 65 | 131 km W | 35 | 4.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 14 % · humidity 79 % |
| Farincourt | 52 | 627 km NE | 35 | 0.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 % |
| Véraza | 11 | 49 km NE | 35 | 3.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 % |
| Ambel | 38 | 402 km NE | 35 | 5.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buxerolles | 21 | 612 km NE | 34 | 4.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 9 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Véraza | 11 | 49 km NE | 35 | 3.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 % |
| Esconnets | 65 | 131 km W | 35 | 4.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 14 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ambel | 38 | 402 km NE | 35 | 5.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buxerolles | 21 | 612 km NE | 34 | 4.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 9 % |
| Farincourt | 52 | 627 km NE | 35 | 0.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 % |
| Fontaines-Saint-Clair | 55 | 781 km N | 35 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Bestiac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemps | 26 | 341 km NE | 40 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Auvare | 06 | 436 km E | 52 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaychis | 09 | 3.3 km SE | 36 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Léger | 06 | 430 km E | 61 | 7.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rimon-et-Savel | 26 | 353 km NE | 22 | 4.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brette | 26 | 348 km NE | 29 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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