Esplas-de-Sérou
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 23.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Esplas-de-Sérou (INSEE 09118) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 168 (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 23.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 79 % of the 14,884 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.45 | 5 | 2.26 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ESPLAS DE SEROU). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ESPLAS DE SEROU | 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 | 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
Population 165 (2012) → 168 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 91 (1990) → 168 (2023): 84.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 135, of which 27.4 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Castelnau-Durban): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Esplas-de-Sérou): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 103 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LA BASTIDE DE S weather station, 5.4 km away at 420 m; the village itself is at 664 m. [11]
The village sits 244 m above 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at COS, 15.2 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 145 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,090 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LA BASTIDE DE S, 5.4 km away at 420 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 — 09118/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09118/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09118/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09118/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09082
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09042
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09118
- 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-Privat-du-Dragon | 43 | 297 km NE | 169 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Hilaire | 43 | 314 km NE | 157 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fauroux | 82 | 144 km N | 189 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Pierre-Chérignat | 23 | 334 km N | 164 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gilhac-et-Bruzac | 07 | 340 km NE | 172 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Allerey | 21 | 527 km NE | 174 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fauroux | 82 | 144 km N | 189 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Privat-du-Dragon | 43 | 297 km NE | 169 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Hilaire | 43 | 314 km NE | 157 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pierre-Chérignat | 23 | 334 km N | 164 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gilhac-et-Bruzac | 07 | 340 km NE | 172 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Allerey | 21 | 527 km NE | 174 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · 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 Esplas-de-Sérou'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Fied | 39 | 543 km NE | 186 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châtenay | 71 | 439 km NE | 166 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vabres | 15 | 272 km NE | 244 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Grèzes | 48 | 232 km NE | 195 | 7.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chausseterre | 42 | 377 km NE | 212 | 26.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Égliseneuve-des-Liards | 63 | 331 km NE | 157 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
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