Monesple
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 15/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Monesple (INSEE 09195) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Arize Lèze. Population 26 (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 15/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 86 % of the 1,582 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.56 | 5 | 2.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| 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) | 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
Population 23 (2012) → 26 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 17 (1990) → 26 (2023): 52.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 18, of which 22.2 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montégut-Plantaurel): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Pailhès): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Les Bordes-sur-Arize): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Le Fossat): 9.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Pailhès): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LE MAS D AZIL weather station, 8.7 km away at 292 m; the village itself is at 333 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at COS, 16.6 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [12]
That station sits 186 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 897 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at LE MAS D AZIL, 8.7 km away at 292 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 — 09195/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09195/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09195/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09195/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09202
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09224
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09061
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09124
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champ-sur-Barse | 10 | 615 km N | 26 | 4.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Dramelay | 39 | 488 km NE | 27 | 4.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 49 % · humidity 50 % |
| Belval-Bois-des-Dames | 08 | 759 km N | 26 | 4.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 100 % |
| Causse-Bégon | 30 | 187 km NE | 25 | 10 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 % |
| Buxières-lès-Clefmont | 52 | 636 km NE | 25 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 % |
| Thol-lès-Millières | 52 | 642 km NE | 28 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causse-Bégon | 30 | 187 km NE | 25 | 10 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 % |
| Dramelay | 39 | 488 km NE | 27 | 4.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 49 % · humidity 50 % |
| Champ-sur-Barse | 10 | 615 km N | 26 | 4.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Buxières-lès-Clefmont | 52 | 636 km NE | 25 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 % |
| Thol-lès-Millières | 52 | 642 km NE | 28 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 % |
| Belval-Bois-des-Dames | 08 | 759 km N | 26 | 4.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 100 % |
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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 Monesple'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boussès | 47 | 160 km NW | 41 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mailholas | 31 | 24 km NW | 34 | 13 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sérempuy | 32 | 90 km NW | 42 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montastruc-Savès | 31 | 46 km NW | 61 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
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