Fabas

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09120

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

Few services 21.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fabas (INSEE 09120) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 354 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/09120-fabas

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 18,050 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.58	10	5.83
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FABAS AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE FABAS). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	FABAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE FABAS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 268 2023: 354 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 338 (2012) → 354 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 327 (1990) → 354 (2023): 8.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 203, of which 21.2 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km SEPharmacy — 5.9 km EFood shop — 6.0 km EGP — 7.9 km S 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 (Tourtouse): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Croix-Volvestre): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gajan): 7.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Croix-Volvestre): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fabas): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.4

Days at or below 0 °C 67.9

Muggy days a summer 4.7

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CERIZOLS weather station, 3.9 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 416 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 11.5 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 958 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CERIZOLS, 3.9 km away at 374 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09120/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09120/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09120/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09120/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09313
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09257
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09120
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-Hilaire-la-Treille	87	350 km N	361	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Bourriot-Bergonce	40	157 km NW	326	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Just-près-Brioude	43	297 km NE	398	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Fleuriel	03	389 km NE	336	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Pouzy-Mésangy	03	427 km N	378	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest	03	368 km N	383	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bourriot-Bergonce	40	157 km NW	326	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Just-près-Brioude	43	297 km NE	398	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille	87	350 km N	361	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest	03	368 km N	383	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Fleuriel	03	389 km NE	336	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Pouzy-Mésangy	03	427 km N	378	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Fabas'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
Montagnac-la-Crempse	24	213 km N	378	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bresnay	03	408 km NE	386	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Thaumiers	18	431 km N	387	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lesparrou	09	68 km E	236	10.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Ganties	31	23 km W	302	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Pressignac-Vicq	24	201 km N	456	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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