Castéras

Ariège · CC Arize Lèze · INSEE 09083

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

No daily shops 17.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Castéras (INSEE 09083) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Arize Lèze. Population 23 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 17.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 1,194 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.55	10	5.45
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (ARANCINI). ^[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]

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	1	ARANCINI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 37 2023: 23 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 31 (2012) → 23 (2023): -25.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 22 (1990) → 23 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 23, of which 17.4 % second homes and 34.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.4 km NFood shop — 3.1 km SWGP — 3.3 km SWBakery — 3.7 km SWPharmacy — 5.2 km N 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 (Les Bordes-sur-Arize): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Bordes-sur-Arize): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Les Bordes-sur-Arize): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Fossat): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Carla-Bayle): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.2

Days at or below 0 °C 29.2

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CARLA BAYLE weather station, 2.6 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 389 m. ^[11]

An average of 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CARLA BAYLE, 2.6 km away at 375 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09083/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09083/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09083/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09083/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09061
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09079
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
Celles	34	168 km E	26	23.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Rottier	26	355 km NE	25	13.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 3 %
Bouilh-Devant	65	95 km W	23	7.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 89 %
Neulette	62	809 km N	22	8.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 96 %
Chaugey	21	584 km NE	24	13.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 73 %
Cuves	52	635 km NE	24	8.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bouilh-Devant	65	95 km W	23	7.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 89 %
Celles	34	168 km E	26	23.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Rottier	26	355 km NE	25	13.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 3 %
Chaugey	21	584 km NE	24	13.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 73 %
Cuves	52	635 km NE	24	8.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 43 %
Neulette	62	809 km N	22	8.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 96 %

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