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Leychert

Ariège · CC du Pays d'Olmes · INSEE 09166

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 15.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Leychert (INSEE 09166) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays d'Olmes. Population 114 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/09166-leychert

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 11,753 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.6153.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 73 2023: 114 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 103 (2012) → 114 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 65 (1990) → 114 (2023): 75.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 77, of which 19.5 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.8 km SE (Nalzen)Primary school — 4.7 km NE (Carla-de-Roquefort)Bakery — 7.0 km N (Ventenac)GP — 7.3 km SW (Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat)Pharmacy — 8.6 km SE (Villeneuve-d'Olmes)
Food shop — 3.8 km SEPrimary school — 4.7 km NEBakery — 7.0 km NGP — 7.3 km SWPharmacy — 8.6 km SE 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 (Ventenac): 7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Nalzen): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-d'Olmes): 8.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Carla-de-Roquefort): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the LES CASCADES weather station, 2.6 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 602 m. [13]

The village sits 72 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. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at ARVIGNA, 12.7 km away at 370 m, over 15 summers. [13]

That station sits 232 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 1,100 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at LES CASCADES, 2.6 km away at 530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09166/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09166/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09166/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09166/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09327
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09215
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09272
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09336
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09080
  13. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lanty-sur-Aube52612 km N1147No daily shopsno figures
Plaimbois-Vennes25604 km NE11315.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Coulonges16347 km N1167.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Goussaincourt55688 km NE1179.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Les Aulneaux72620 km N11110.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %
Écurey-en-Verdunois55766 km N1156.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Coulonges16347 km N1167.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Plaimbois-Vennes25604 km NE11315.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Lanty-sur-Aube52612 km N1147No daily shopsno figures
Les Aulneaux72620 km N11110.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %
Goussaincourt55688 km NE1179.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Écurey-en-Verdunois55766 km N1156.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Leychert'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Passavant-sur-Layon49492 km N1269.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Uzer65126 km W10312.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lentilles10655 km N1288.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Juvancourt10623 km N1025.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Épagne10642 km N12612No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Buxeuil10605 km N1096.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %