Canté

Ariège · CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées · INSEE 09076

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

Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Canté (INSEE 09076) is in Ariège (09), part of CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Population 222 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 16,630 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.85	10	8.54
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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: 150 2023: 222 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 209 (2012) → 222 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 164 (1990) → 222 (2023): 35.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 113, of which 6.2 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.7 km EBakery — 3.1 km EGP — 3.8 km SEPharmacy — 3.8 km SE 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 (Saverdun): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saverdun): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saverdun): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saverdun): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Canté): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 39.8

Days at or below 0 °C 47.2

Muggy days a summer 8.1

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 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BRIE weather station, 5.8 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 234 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTAUT, 11.4 km away at 295 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 61 m above 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 714 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAVERDUN, 5.8 km away at 240 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 — 09076/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09076/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09076/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09076/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09282
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09076
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
Hectomare	27	662 km N	220	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 86 %
Gugnécourt	88	681 km NE	223	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Bournonville	62	829 km N	223	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Nabringhen	62	833 km N	225	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Croissy-sur-Celle	60	718 km N	231	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Meilly-sur-Rouvres	21	500 km NE	230	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Meilly-sur-Rouvres	21	500 km NE	230	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Hectomare	27	662 km N	220	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 86 %
Gugnécourt	88	681 km NE	223	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Croissy-sur-Celle	60	718 km N	231	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Bournonville	62	829 km N	223	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Nabringhen	62	833 km N	225	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 73 % · 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 Canté'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
Lissac	09	2.3 km NW	237	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes	31	28 km NE	255	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Mascarville	31	38 km NE	179	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pompéjac	33	194 km NW	277	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Artassenx	40	169 km NW	262	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Cessales	31	28 km NE	168	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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