Ganac

Ariège · CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes · INSEE 09130

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

Few services 29.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ganac (INSEE 09130) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 759 (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 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 15,966 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.81	10	8.11
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.96

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 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 (LE FOUR A BOIS). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	LE FOUR A BOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	GANAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 434 2023: 759 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 693 (2012) → 759 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 579 (1990) → 759 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 514, of which 20.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.5 km NBakery — 2.1 km NGP — 3.1 km EPharmacy — 3.4 km NE 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 (Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Foix): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Foix): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ganac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20

Days at or below 0 °C 40

Muggy days a summer 4.5

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COS weather station, 2.6 km away at 519 m; the village itself is at 558 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COS, 2.6 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 997 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COS, 2.6 km away at 519 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 — 09130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09122
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09130
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
Moulis	09	38 km W	794	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chailly-en-Gâtinais	45	561 km N	694	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Lamonzie-Montastruc	24	230 km N	708	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Balsièges	48	229 km NE	608	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %
Pouzilhac	30	272 km NE	756	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sansais	79	407 km NW	760	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moulis	09	38 km W	794	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Balsièges	48	229 km NE	608	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %
Lamonzie-Montastruc	24	230 km N	708	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Pouzilhac	30	272 km NE	756	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sansais	79	407 km NW	760	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Chailly-en-Gâtinais	45	561 km N	694	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · 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 Ganac'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
Moulis	09	38 km W	794	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marnay	86	395 km N	713	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Tourriers	16	335 km N	802	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Nieul-le-Virouil	17	321 km NW	573	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Archingeay	17	378 km NW	765	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Moulidars	16	328 km N	662	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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