Dalou

Ariège · CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes · INSEE 09104

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dalou (INSEE 09104) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 775 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/09104-dalou

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 15,851 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SUSHI'Z). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	SUSHI'Z	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU MERIDIC	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: 369 peak 2007: 795 2023: 775 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 753 (2012) → 775 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 442 (1990) → 775 (2023): 75.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 402, of which 2.5 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km NWFood shop — 1.4 km NWGP — 1.5 km NWPharmacy — 1.6 km NW 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 (Varilhes): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varilhes): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Varilhes): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Varilhes): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Dalou): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.1

Days at or below 0 °C 26.9

Muggy days a summer 7.6

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ARVIGNA weather station, 7.7 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 357 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ARVIGNA, 7.7 km away at 370 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 829 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ARVIGNA, 7.7 km away at 370 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 — 09104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09324
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09104
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
Soppe-le-Bas	68	672 km NE	774	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %
Elsenheim	67	730 km NE	803	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Précy-sur-Marne	77	662 km N	747	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Pont-Noyelles	80	771 km N	826	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Gorrevod	01	458 km NE	815	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 51 %
Lully	74	523 km NE	764	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gorrevod	01	458 km NE	815	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 51 %
Lully	74	523 km NE	764	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Précy-sur-Marne	77	662 km N	747	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Soppe-le-Bas	68	672 km NE	774	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %
Elsenheim	67	730 km NE	803	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Pont-Noyelles	80	771 km N	826	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Dalou'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
Ardillières	17	392 km NW	890	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Longèves	17	412 km NW	1,052	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bours	65	129 km W	882	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Chay	17	353 km NW	840	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult	17	366 km NW	924	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Armou	64	163 km W	609	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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