Boussenac

Identity

Boussenac (INSEE 09065) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 246 (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/09065-boussenac

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,149 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

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ESPIES JOYEUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPIES GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 190 (2012) → 246 (2023): 29.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 172 (1990) → 246 (2023): 43 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 490, of which 70.6 % second homes and 1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Boussenac): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Boussenac): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Massat): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Massat): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Massat): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 119 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MASSAT GEND weather station, 2.2 km away at 636 m; the village itself is at 797 m. ^[10]

The village sits 161 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 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COS, 17.5 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 278 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,325 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MASSAT GEND, 2.2 km away at 636 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

61 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 100,000 € — 1,750 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09065/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09065/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09065/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09065/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09065
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09182
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025