Castillon-en-Couserans
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 64.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Castillon-en-Couserans (INSEE 09085) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 428 (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 64.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 99 % of the 17,940 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 | 0.63 | 25 | 15.8 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.79 | 10 | 7.91 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.56 | 10 | 5.62 |
| Housing mix | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ESCRIVE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE ABELLA). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE CASTI). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE PICOLO BAR). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN RODRIGUEZ, MÉDECIN · HERVE RODRIGUEZ, MÉDECIN · MARIE-LAETITIA SOULAS-PRUVOST, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CASTILLON). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (COIFF'CASTILLON). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES VIGNES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE ESCRIVE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE ABELLA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | LE CASTI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE PICOLO BAR | INSEE SIRENE 2 [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) | 3 | JEAN RODRIGUEZ, MÉDECIN · HERVE RODRIGUEZ, MÉDECIN · MARIE-LAETITIA SOULAS-PRUVOST, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CASTILLON | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | COIFF'CASTILLON | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LES VIGNES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 428 (2012) → 428 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 403 (1990) → 428 (2023): 6.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 411, of which 38.9 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Castillon-en-Couserans): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Castillon-en-Couserans): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Castillon-en-Couserans): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Girons): 11.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Castillon-en-Couserans): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the AUGIREIN weather station, 9.3 km away at 655 m; the village itself is at 589 m. [10]
The village sits 66 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 11.2 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 175 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 1,266 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BONAC-IRAZEIN, 6.8 km away at 850 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
41 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 66,690 € — 1,000 € per m² of built surface. [11]
10 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 62,500 € — 648 € per m². [11]
The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits below 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
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09085/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09085/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09085/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09085/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09085
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09261
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Firmin | 05 | 451 km NE | 468 | 57.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villefort | 48 | 288 km NE | 618 | 68.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rosans | 05 | 393 km NE | 511 | 53.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Malzieu-Ville | 48 | 283 km NE | 745 | 66.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 45 % |
| Nasbinals | 48 | 252 km NE | 571 | 74 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Tour-d'Auvergne | 63 | 319 km NE | 640 | 65.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasbinals | 48 | 252 km NE | 571 | 74 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Malzieu-Ville | 48 | 283 km NE | 745 | 66.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 45 % |
| Villefort | 48 | 288 km NE | 618 | 68.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Tour-d'Auvergne | 63 | 319 km NE | 640 | 65.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rosans | 05 | 393 km NE | 511 | 53.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Firmin | 05 | 451 km NE | 468 | 57.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Castillon-en-Couserans'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villefort | 48 | 288 km NE | 618 | 68.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Noyers | 89 | 579 km NE | 587 | 66.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rouvray | 21 | 555 km NE | 505 | 54 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Doucier | 39 | 559 km NE | 285 | 68 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis | 58 | 515 km N | 499 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vézelay | 89 | 548 km N | 476 | 65.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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