Betchat

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09054

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

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Betchat (INSEE 09054) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 355 (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/09054-betchat

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 18,079 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.63	10	6.31
Housing mix	0.44	5	2.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DE BETCHAT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BETCHAT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BETCHAT). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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)	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	2	LE BISTROT DE BETCHAT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	BETCHAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BETCHAT	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	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: 418 2023: 355 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 334 (2012) → 355 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 314 (1990) → 355 (2023): 13.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 255, of which 28.2 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.2 km WBakery — 4.3 km WGP — 4.5 km WPharmacy — 4.6 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 (Salies-du-Salat): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Salies-du-Salat): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Salies-du-Salat): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Salies-du-Salat): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Betchat): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 69

Muggy days a summer 4.7

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CERIZOLS weather station, 5.7 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 427 m. ^[10]

The village sits 53 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 12.4 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 958 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CERIZOLS, 5.7 km away at 374 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 — 09054/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09054/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09054/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09054/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31523
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09054
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
Montbrun-des-Corbières	11	136 km E	343	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 31 % · humidity 64 %
Camplong-d'Aude	11	133 km E	389	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 %
Malaussène	06	502 km E	326	33	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 16 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Laurent-le-Minier	30	233 km NE	372	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Oms	66	150 km SE	364	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 16 % · humidity 86 %
Llauro	66	154 km SE	311	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 18 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Camplong-d'Aude	11	133 km E	389	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 %
Montbrun-des-Corbières	11	136 km E	343	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 31 % · humidity 64 %
Oms	66	150 km SE	364	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 16 % · humidity 86 %
Llauro	66	154 km SE	311	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 18 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Laurent-le-Minier	30	233 km NE	372	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Malaussène	06	502 km E	326	33	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 16 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Betchat'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
Étréchy	18	472 km N	408	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Séron	65	93 km W	328	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Jessains	10	642 km NE	251	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Mancey	71	491 km NE	392	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Journans	01	482 km NE	387	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Denis-des-Murs	87	303 km N	545	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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