Mercus-Garrabet

Ariège · CC du Pays de Tarascon · INSEE 09188

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mercus-Garrabet (INSEE 09188) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays de Tarascon. Population 1,238 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/09188-mercus-garrabet

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 13,020 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.88
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.84	10	8.38
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (HOME MADE BEI SANDRA · BOULANGERIE AMIEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL MELARION). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MELARION). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KAMAL HAMMOUM, MÉDECIN · MARIE-JOSÈPHE VANRYSSEL, MÉDECIN · SANTIAGO GARCIA AGUILERA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MERCUS-GARRABET). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (GOASDOUE ANAELLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU LAC MERCUS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	HOME MADE BEI SANDRA · BOULANGERIE AMIEL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	SARL MELARION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE MELARION	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE AMPLAING	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	KAMAL HAMMOUM, MÉDECIN · MARIE-JOSÈPHE VANRYSSEL, MÉDECIN · SANTIAGO GARCIA AGUILERA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MERCUS-GARRABET	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	1	GOASDOUE ANAELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU LAC MERCUS	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

1968: 869 2023: 1,238 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,143 (2012) → 1,238 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 925 (1990) → 1,238 (2023): 33.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 762, of which 16.1 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 0.5 km SPharmacy — 4.0 km SWFood shop — 4.3 km SW 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 (Mercus-Garrabet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tarascon-sur-Ariège): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mercus-Garrabet): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tarascon-sur-Ariège): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mercus-Garrabet): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.6

Days at or below 0 °C 71.5

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 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TARASCON SUR AR weather station, 4.1 km away at 475 m; the village itself is at 483 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COS, 11.4 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TARASCON SUR AR, 4.1 km away at 475 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09188/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09188/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09188/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09188/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09188
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09306
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
Chevillon	52	684 km N	1,244	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Ferrals-les-Corbières	11	94 km E	1,275	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 24 % · humidity 50 %
Savennières	49	532 km N	1,349	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Pouzolles	34	150 km NE	1,233	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Irvillac	29	761 km NW	1,411	44	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 24 % · humidity 71 %
Coulombiers	86	417 km N	1,155	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ferrals-les-Corbières	11	94 km E	1,275	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 24 % · humidity 50 %
Pouzolles	34	150 km NE	1,233	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Coulombiers	86	417 km N	1,155	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Savennières	49	532 km N	1,349	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Chevillon	52	684 km N	1,244	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Irvillac	29	761 km NW	1,411	44	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 24 % · 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 Mercus-Garrabet'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
Chevillon	52	684 km N	1,244	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Laives	71	490 km NE	986	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Jasseron	01	472 km NE	1,917	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Tossiat	01	466 km NE	1,425	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Pierre-Buffière	87	314 km N	1,139	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lent	01	458 km NE	1,512	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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