Bonac-Irazein

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09059

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

Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bonac-Irazein (INSEE 09059) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 126 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/09059-bonac-irazein

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 12,633 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PASTOUILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'OSTAL DU BIROS). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	LA PASTOUILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Café / bar	1	L'OSTAL DU BIROS	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)	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

1968: 128 peak 2007: 138 2023: 126 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 134 (2012) → 126 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 61 (1990) → 126 (2023): 106.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 270, of which 60.4 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 1.5 km WPrimary school — 1.5 km WGP — 6.4 km NEPharmacy — 17.6 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 (Bonac-Irazein): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sentein): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Castillon-en-Couserans): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Prat-Bonrepaux): 17.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sentein): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 35.7

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the EYLIE D'EN HAUT weather station, 5.7 km away at 1,010 m; the village itself is at 724 m. ^[12]

The village sits 286 m below 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. ^[12]

An average of 1,266 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BONAC-IRAZEIN, 1.3 km away at 850 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09059/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09059/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09059/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09059/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09290
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09085
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09235
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
Les Forges	79	415 km N	125	12	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 86 %
Glandage	26	422 km NE	114	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 45 %
Borce	64	126 km W	112	8.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Vert	43	344 km NE	108	14.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 23 %
Auzet	04	458 km E	102	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 0 %
Castellet-lès-Sausses	04	483 km E	143	15.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Borce	64	126 km W	112	8.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Vert	43	344 km NE	108	14.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 23 %
Les Forges	79	415 km N	125	12	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 86 %
Glandage	26	422 km NE	114	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 45 %
Auzet	04	458 km E	102	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 0 %
Castellet-lès-Sausses	04	483 km E	143	15.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 77 %

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