L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 27.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre (INSEE 09139) is in Ariège (09), part of CC de la Haute Ariège. Population 85 (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 27.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 97 % of the 9,031 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.08 | 10 | 0.82 |
| Housing mix | 0.3 | 5 | 1.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE LOUISE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (L HOSPITALET PRES L ANDORRE LPAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'HOSPITALET). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DE LOUISE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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 | 1 | L HOSPITALET PRES L ANDORRE LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'HOSPITALET | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | 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
Population 91 (2012) → 85 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 146 (1990) → 85 (2023): -41.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 35 % second homes and 27.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mérens-les-Vals): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Porta): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Ax-les-Thermes): 15.1 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Primary school (L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the HOSPITALET weather station, 0.2 km away at 1,425 m; the village itself is at 1,434 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ASTON, 17.5 km away at 1,781 m, over 20 summers. [12]
That station sits 347 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,190 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at HOSPITALET, 0.2 km away at 1,425 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 — 09139/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09139/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09139/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09139/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09139
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09189
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66146
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09032
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guyonvelle | 52 | 661 km NE | 84 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Aujon | 52 | 643 km N | 128 | 36.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre | 04 | 440 km E | 99 | 28.7 | Few services | no figures |
| Lugarde | 15 | 310 km N | 117 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mouthoumet | 11 | 73 km NE | 116 | 40.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 8 % · humidity 71 % |
| Isches | 88 | 681 km NE | 176 | 23.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouthoumet | 11 | 73 km NE | 116 | 40.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 8 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lugarde | 15 | 310 km N | 117 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre | 04 | 440 km E | 99 | 28.7 | Few services | no figures |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Aujon | 52 | 643 km N | 128 | 36.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guyonvelle | 52 | 661 km NE | 84 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Isches | 88 | 681 km NE | 176 | 23.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lugarde | 15 | 310 km N | 117 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nohèdes | 66 | 40 km E | 61 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Freney | 73 | 483 km NE | 116 | 6.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Poubeau | 31 | 109 km W | 78 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moudeyres | 43 | 322 km NE | 115 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| L'Échelle | 08 | 828 km N | 129 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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