Le Carlaret

Identity

Le Carlaret (INSEE 09081) is in Ariège (09), part of CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Population 295 (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/09081-le-carlaret

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,814 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MONT-BILLIG). ^[3,4]

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, 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 257 (2012) → 295 (2023): 14.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 142 (1990) → 295 (2023): 107.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 123, of which 1.6 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Amadou): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villeneuve-du-Paréage): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Tour-du-Crieu): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Tour-du-Crieu): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Amadou): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PAMIERS LYCAGRI weather station, 4.3 km away at 294 m; the village itself is at 286 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONTAUT, 7.1 km away at 295 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PAMIERS LYCAGRI, 4.3 km away at 294 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

12 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 233,500 € — 1,433 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

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 — 09081/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09081/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09081/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09081/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09254
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09339
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09312
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025