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Bonnac

Ariège · CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées · INSEE 09060

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bonnac (INSEE 09060) is in Ariège (09), part of CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Population 801 (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/09060-bonnac

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 15,636 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.49209.82
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.74107.4
Housing mix0.8154.04

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

4 × Restaurant (MHM · TACOS CITY). [3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LEROY AL HAIR). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4MHM · TACOS CITYINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE BONNACINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BONNAC APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LEROY AL HAIRINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 587 2023: 801 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 721 (2012) → 801 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 646 (1990) → 801 (2023): 24 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 427, of which 9.6 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 2.2 km N (Le Vernet)Bakery — 2.7 km NE (Le Vernet)Pharmacy — 3.8 km S (Pamiers)GP — 5.8 km S (Pamiers)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km NBakery — 2.7 km NEPharmacy — 3.8 km SGP — 5.8 km S 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 (Le Vernet): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Vernet): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Pamiers): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Pamiers): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Bonnac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MONTAUT weather station, 5.1 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 253 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MONTAUT, 5.1 km away at 295 m, over 23 summers. [11]

An average of 665 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MONTAUT, 5.1 km away at 295 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09060/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09060/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09060/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09060/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09331
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09225
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09060
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sansais79386 km NW76028.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Pouzilhac30260 km NE75633.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Rouessé-Vassé72573 km N78528.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Mendionde64235 km W85432.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Pierreclos71429 km NE84628.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Confort-Meilars29717 km NW86133.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mendionde64235 km W85432.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Pouzilhac30260 km NE75633.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Sansais79386 km NW76028.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Pierreclos71429 km NE84628.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Rouessé-Vassé72573 km N78528.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Confort-Meilars29717 km NW86133.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Bonnac'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cuzorn47162 km N84526.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-du-Salembre24238 km N90128.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Espiet33235 km NW74134Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lansac33271 km NW66329.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lavalette3153 km N79340.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lignan-de-Bordeaux33243 km NW84237.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %