Loubens
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Loubens (INSEE 09173) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 267 (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 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 60 % of the 17,524 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.96 | 10 | 9.59 |
| Housing mix | 0.7 | 5 | 3.48 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 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
Population 256 (2012) → 267 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 183 (1990) → 267 (2023): 45.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 15.2 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montégut-Plantaurel): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Varilhes): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Jean-de-Verges): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Verges): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Loubens): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CADARCET weather station, 5 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 456 m. [12]
The village sits 54 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at COS, 8.5 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [12]
That station sits 63 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 1,182 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CADARCET, 5 km away at 510 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 — 09173/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09173/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09173/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09173/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09202
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09324
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09264
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09173
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazoches-en-Dunois | 28 | 562 km N | 263 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Villechétive | 89 | 582 km N | 260 | 23.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 % |
| Guerbigny | 80 | 745 km N | 275 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Wasigny | 08 | 763 km N | 262 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 68 % |
| Gardegan-et-Tourtirac | 33 | 242 km NW | 274 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Wambercourt | 62 | 822 km N | 259 | 22.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardegan-et-Tourtirac | 33 | 242 km NW | 274 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bazoches-en-Dunois | 28 | 562 km N | 263 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Villechétive | 89 | 582 km N | 260 | 23.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 % |
| Guerbigny | 80 | 745 km N | 275 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Wasigny | 08 | 763 km N | 262 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 68 % |
| Wambercourt | 62 | 822 km N | 259 | 22.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · 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 Loubens'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardegan-et-Tourtirac | 33 | 242 km NW | 274 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nuret-le-Ferron | 36 | 405 km N | 294 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Couquèques | 33 | 319 km NW | 270 | 22.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais | 03 | 391 km N | 239 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ossen | 65 | 131 km W | 240 | 22 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Jarrie-Audouin | 17 | 369 km NW | 270 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
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