Mérigon

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09190

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 18.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mérigon (INSEE 09190) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 114 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 18.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.66	10	6.63
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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”.

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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

Type	Count	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)	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 131 2023: 114 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 115 (2012) → 114 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 98 (1990) → 114 (2023): 16.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 79, of which 11.4 % second homes and 16.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 3.1 km SWPharmacy — 4.3 km NWBakery — 4.8 km NEGP — 6.9 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 (Montbrun-Bocage): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mérigon): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gajan): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Croix-Volvestre): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Lasserre): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.4

Days at or below 0 °C 67.9

Muggy days a summer 5.7

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the CERIZOLS weather station, 11.6 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 338 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 11.8 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 76 m above 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 958 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at CERIZOLS, 11.6 km away at 374 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09190/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09190/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09190/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09190/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31365
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09190
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09257
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09158
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
Perrogney-les-Fontaines	52	611 km NE	106	14.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Renauvoid	88	692 km NE	118	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Châtelus	38	399 km NE	97	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Provenchère	25	633 km NE	142	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Occoches	80	792 km N	121	16.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Bousseviller	57	826 km NE	114	8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châtelus	38	399 km NE	97	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Perrogney-les-Fontaines	52	611 km NE	106	14.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Provenchère	25	633 km NE	142	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Renauvoid	88	692 km NE	118	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Occoches	80	792 km N	121	16.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Bousseviller	57	826 km NE	114	8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Mérigon'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
Montlouis	18	422 km N	111	10.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Gensac-de-Boulogne	31	53 km W	109	9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Laffite-Toupière	31	25 km W	98	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Plagne	31	13 km NW	95	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Labastide	65	69 km W	147	8.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Boudrac	31	56 km W	148	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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