Escosse

Ariège · CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées · INSEE 09116

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

Few services 33.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Escosse (INSEE 09116) is in Ariège (09), part of CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Population 356 (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/09116-escosse

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 18,059 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.6	10	5.99
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (ATULBILA AKOLBIRE ELIZABETH). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ESCOSSE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DU TERREFORT). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (VILLA MAYARI). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	2	ATULBILA AKOLBIRE ELIZABETH	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ESCOSSE	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	1	ESCOSSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DU TERREFORT	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	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	1	VILLA MAYARI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 350 peak 2012: 422 2023: 356 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 422 (2012) → 356 (2023): -15.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 324 (1990) → 356 (2023): 9.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 222, of which 6.3 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.8 km EFood shop — 4.8 km EPharmacy — 4.8 km EGP — 5.0 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 (Pamiers): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pamiers): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pamiers): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pamiers): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Escosse): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 50.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30.1

Muggy days a summer 7

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

Measured at the PAMIERS VILLE weather station, 4.8 km away at 283 m; the village itself is at 288 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTAUT, 10.8 km away at 295 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PAMIERS VILLE, 4.8 km away at 283 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 — 09116/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09116/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09116/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09116/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09116
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
Chamesol	25	626 km NE	383	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Girecourt-sur-Durbion	88	691 km NE	350	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Azay-sur-Indre	37	457 km N	363	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Montmaur	11	38 km NE	356	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Grand	88	660 km NE	372	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 15 % · humidity 50 %
Séron	65	135 km W	328	38	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montmaur	11	38 km NE	356	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Séron	65	135 km W	328	38	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Azay-sur-Indre	37	457 km N	363	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Chamesol	25	626 km NE	383	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Grand	88	660 km NE	372	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 15 % · humidity 50 %
Girecourt-sur-Durbion	88	691 km NE	350	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Escosse'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
Espalais	82	118 km NW	373	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Euzet	30	241 km NE	510	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sixte	47	128 km NW	363	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Roumagne	47	192 km NW	539	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cazedarnes	34	124 km E	682	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lavergne	47	187 km NW	554	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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