Lavelanet
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 57.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lavelanet (INSEE 09160) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays d'Olmes. Population 5,987 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 57.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 3,951 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 | 0.57 | 25 | 14.32 |
| Social | 0.8 | 20 | 16.09 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.58 | 10 | 5.8 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.27 | 10 | 2.74 |
| Housing mix | 0.77 | 5 | 3.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
8 × Bakery (boulangerie) (NOUVELLE BOULANGERIE LOUIS PIQUEMAL · EURL F.B.P · CROUSTID'OLMES · LE BON MITRON). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DE NUIT LAVELANET). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (SARL OLMES DISTRIBUTION · ALDI MARCHE · SIXDIS09 · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]
15 × Restaurant (RACH KEBAB · LES 3 BONHEURS). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (CAFE'IN · LA TOUR CATHARE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES AVELINES). [3]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GROUPE 1 LAMARTINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE G.SAND · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEANNE D'ARC). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE VICTOR HUGO · COLLEGE LOUIS PASTEUR). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN PIERRE LEUNENS, MÉDECIN · AUDREY ROY, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE ARAGON, MÉDECIN · SANDRA EMERY, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT BARTHELEMY · PHARMACIE CATHARE · PHARMACIE DU POG). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LAVELANET). [3]
1 × Cinema (CASINO). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF JACQUARD · GYMNASE DE L ECOLE PRIVEE JEANNE D ARC · GYMNASE COLLEGE VICTOR HUGO · CENTRE MULTISPORT MUNICIPAL). [3]
4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE · CA). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (ANSY · C COUL SAINT JEAN · BARBER SHOP LAVELANET). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PRE CATHARE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 8 | NOUVELLE BOULANGERIE LOUIS PIQUEMAL · EURL F.B.P · CROUSTID'OLMES · LE BON MITRON | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | EPICERIE DE NUIT LAVELANET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | SARL OLMES DISTRIBUTION · ALDI MARCHE · SIXDIS09 · CARREFOUR EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 15 | RACH KEBAB · LES 3 BONHEURS | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | CAFE'IN · LA TOUR CATHARE | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE LES AVELINES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GROUPE 1 LAMARTINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE G.SAND · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEANNE D'ARC | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE VICTOR HUGO · COLLEGE LOUIS PASTEUR | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | JEAN PIERRE LEUNENS, MÉDECIN · AUDREY ROY, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE ARAGON, MÉDECIN · SANDRA EMERY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE SAINT BARTHELEMY · PHARMACIE CATHARE · PHARMACIE DU POG | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LAVELANET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CASINO | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF JACQUARD · GYMNASE DE L ECOLE PRIVEE JEANNE D ARC · GYMNASE COLLEGE VICTOR HUGO · CENTRE MULTISPORT MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE · CA | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 8 | ANSY · C COUL SAINT JEAN · BARBER SHOP LAVELANET | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LE PRE CATHARE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 6,394 (2012) → 5,987 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 7,740 (1990) → 5,987 (2023): -22.6 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,797, of which 11.6 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lavelanet): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Lavelanet): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Lavelanet): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Lavelanet): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Lavelanet): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MONTFERRIER weather station, 7.7 km away at 760 m; the village itself is at 510 m. [11]
The village sits 250 m below 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 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LERAN, 8 km away at 391 m, over 23 summers. [11]
That station sits 119 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 1,447 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MONTFERRIER, 7.7 km away at 760 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 — 09160/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/2180cfba-5ef6-3ff2-8ffe-6633c1373e2f— “Marché de Lavelanet”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ae7e5327-2e48-30cf-a16c-01e309ebac32— “Le petit marché de Lavelanet”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09160/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09160/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09160/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09160
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prades | 66 | 59 km SE | 6,148 | 61.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Girons | 09 | 58 km W | 6,008 | 72 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aimargues | 30 | 208 km NE | 5,705 | 62 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Forcalquier | 04 | 337 km E | 5,222 | 66.3 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 16 % · humidity 79 % |
| Calvisson | 30 | 211 km NE | 6,486 | 62.4 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Loches | 37 | 471 km N | 6,234 | 67.3 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Girons | 09 | 58 km W | 6,008 | 72 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prades | 66 | 59 km SE | 6,148 | 61.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aimargues | 30 | 208 km NE | 5,705 | 62 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Calvisson | 30 | 211 km NE | 6,486 | 62.4 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Forcalquier | 04 | 337 km E | 5,222 | 66.3 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 16 % · humidity 79 % |
| Loches | 37 | 471 km N | 6,234 | 67.3 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · 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 Lavelanet'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbie | 80 | 777 km N | 5,982 | 57.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bléré | 37 | 493 km N | 5,352 | 66.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bréal-sous-Montfort | 35 | 638 km NW | 6,391 | 59.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Limours | 91 | 635 km N | 6,517 | 52 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Loudun | 86 | 474 km N | 6,839 | 64.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chevrolière | 44 | 536 km NW | 6,539 | 55 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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