Bordes-Uchentein

Identity

Bordes-Uchentein (INSEE 09062) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 219 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Uchentein (09317). ^[3]

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/09062-bordes-uchentein

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 16,520 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (TI BAMBO). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES BORDES SUR LEZ AP). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 192 (2012) → 219 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 179 (1990) → 219 (2023): 22.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 416, of which 58.2 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Castillon-en-Couserans): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Castillon-en-Couserans): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Castillon-en-Couserans): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Girons): 13 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Castillon-en-Couserans): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUGIREIN weather station, 9.5 km away at 655 m; the village itself is at 559 m. ^[11]

The village sits 96 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 13.2 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 145 m below 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 1,266 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BONAC-IRAZEIN, 5.5 km away at 850 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 — 09062/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09062/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09062/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09062/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09085
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09261
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024