Moulis

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09214

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

Few services 28.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moulis (INSEE 09214) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 794 (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/09214-moulis

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 15,691 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.49	10	4.95
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE PLEINE NATURE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE HORS CONTRAT PLEINE NATURE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MOULIS APC AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SANS SANDRINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING AMOUR D'ARIEGE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE PLEINE NATURE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE HORS CONTRAT PLEINE NATURE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MOULIS APC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SANS SANDRINE	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 AMOUR D'ARIEGE	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: 1,013 2023: 794 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 793 (2012) → 794 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 798 (1990) → 794 (2023): -0.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 638, of which 23.2 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km SWBakery — 4.5 km NEPharmacy — 4.9 km NEGP — 5.1 km NE 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 (Saint-Girons): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Engomer): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Girons): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Girons): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Moulis): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.1

Days at or below 0 °C 48.2

Muggy days a summer 4.7

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST GIRONS weather station, 5.1 km away at 414 m; the village itself is at 434 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 5.1 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST GIRONS, 5.1 km away at 414 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09214
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
Ganac	09	38 km E	759	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chailly-en-Gâtinais	45	566 km N	694	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Lamonzie-Montastruc	24	219 km N	708	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Sillans-la-Cascade	83	417 km E	787	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Bonnac	09	47 km NE	801	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Balsièges	48	254 km NE	608	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ganac	09	38 km E	759	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnac	09	47 km NE	801	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Lamonzie-Montastruc	24	219 km N	708	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Balsièges	48	254 km NE	608	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Sillans-la-Cascade	83	417 km E	787	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Chailly-en-Gâtinais	45	566 km N	694	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · 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 Moulis'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
Ganac	09	38 km E	759	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bréhémont	37	485 km N	737	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Loisy	71	509 km NE	693	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Tourriers	16	323 km N	802	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Marnay	86	386 km N	713	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Archingeay	17	360 km NW	765	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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