Durban-sur-Arize

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09108

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

Few services 28/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Durban-sur-Arize (INSEE 09108) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 181 (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 28/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 15,351 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.77	10	7.75
Housing mix	0.42	5	2.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU PETIT PRINCE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ROTISSERIE CHEZ FLO). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	LE FOURNIL DU PETIT PRINCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	ROTISSERIE CHEZ FLO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 183 peak 2017: 185 2023: 181 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 178 (2012) → 181 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 142 (1990) → 181 (2023): 27.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 162, of which 29 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 2.2 km SFood shop — 2.5 km NEGP — 6.8 km NPharmacy — 7.1 km E 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 (Durban-sur-Arize): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Allières): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Mas-d'Azil): 6.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 7.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Castelnau-Durban): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 66.8

Muggy days a summer 6.6

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LA BASTIDE DE S weather station, 3.7 km away at 420 m; the village itself is at 365 m. ^[13]

The village sits 55 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at COS, 18.8 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 154 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,090 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LA BASTIDE DE S, 3.7 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09108/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09108/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09108/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09108/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09108
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09007
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09042
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09082
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
Saint-Laurent	31	56 km NW	178	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Fourmagnac	46	190 km N	178	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Lavars	38	402 km NE	172	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 %
Marigny-sur-Yonne	58	507 km N	191	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Théminettes	46	193 km N	181	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
La Bussière-sur-Ouche	21	537 km NE	197	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Laurent	31	56 km NW	178	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Fourmagnac	46	190 km N	178	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Théminettes	46	193 km N	181	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Lavars	38	402 km NE	172	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 %
Marigny-sur-Yonne	58	507 km N	191	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
La Bussière-sur-Ouche	21	537 km NE	197	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · 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 Durban-sur-Arize'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
Tourtouse	09	20 km NW	169	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Le Pondy	18	433 km N	147	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Sercy	71	478 km NE	103	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Larcan	31	54 km W	178	13.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Ainay-le-Vieil	18	416 km N	189	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lalouret-Laffiteau	31	55 km W	134	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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