Niaux

Ariège · CC du Pays de Tarascon · INSEE 09217

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

Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Niaux (INSEE 09217) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays de Tarascon. Population 150 (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/09217-niaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 14,109 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.16	10	1.64
Housing mix	0.31	5	1.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL LA PETITE AUBERGE DE NIAUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

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	SARL LA PETITE AUBERGE DE NIAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	NIAUX 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	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: 228 peak 1982: 230 2023: 150 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 184 (2012) → 150 (2023): -18.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 226 (1990) → 150 (2023): -33.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 153, of which 34.6 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.3 km NEGP — 3.3 km NEBakery — 3.7 km NPharmacy — 3.9 km N 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 (Tarascon-sur-Ariège): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tarascon-sur-Ariège): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ussat): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tarascon-sur-Ariège): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Niaux): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 72.7

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TARASCON SUR AR weather station, 4.4 km away at 475 m; the village itself is at 547 m. ^[11]

The village sits 72 m above 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. ^[11]

An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TARASCON SUR AR, 4.4 km away at 475 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 — 09217/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09217/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09217/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09217/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09306
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09217
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
Montréal	89	560 km N	161	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Cabrespine	11	94 km NE	185	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 22 %
Saint-Félix-de-Sorgues	12	164 km NE	204	24	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Sylvain	19	264 km N	131	16.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 97 %
Auriac-sur-Dropt	47	231 km NW	175	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 38 %
Aizac	07	305 km NE	169	23.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 45 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cabrespine	11	94 km NE	185	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 22 %
Saint-Félix-de-Sorgues	12	164 km NE	204	24	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 78 %
Auriac-sur-Dropt	47	231 km NW	175	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 38 %
Saint-Sylvain	19	264 km N	131	16.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 97 %
Aizac	07	305 km NE	169	23.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 45 %
Montréal	89	560 km N	161	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %

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