Orlu
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 11.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Orlu (INSEE 09220) is in Ariège (09), part of CC de la Haute Ariège. Population 157 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 11.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 28 % of the 14,453 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.38 | 10 | 3.77 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (SARL REFUGE D'EN BEYS). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 | 1 | SARL REFUGE D'EN BEYS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | 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
Population 188 (2012) → 157 (2023): -16.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 179 (1990) → 157 (2023): -12.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 53.6 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ax-les-Thermes): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ax-les-Thermes): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Ax-les-Thermes): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Ax-les-Thermes): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Ax-les-Thermes): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the ASCOU LAVAIL weather station, 2.6 km away at 1,090 m; the village itself is at 850 m. [9]
The village sits 240 m below 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ASTON, 16.4 km away at 1,781 m, over 20 summers. [9]
That station sits 931 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,168 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ORLU, 2.4 km away at 908 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09220/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09220/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09220/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09220/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09032
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Sauze-du-Lac | 05 | 407 km NE | 159 | 23.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavatoggio | 2B | 572 km E | 154 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Guchan | 65 | 127 km W | 151 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-sur-Dun | 76 | 800 km N | 162 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 % |
| Llo | 66 | 31 km SE | 153 | 18 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lachapelle-sous-Chanéac | 07 | 317 km NE | 158 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llo | 66 | 31 km SE | 153 | 18 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Guchan | 65 | 127 km W | 151 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lachapelle-sous-Chanéac | 07 | 317 km NE | 158 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Sauze-du-Lac | 05 | 407 km NE | 159 | 23.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavatoggio | 2B | 572 km E | 154 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Chapelle-sur-Dun | 76 | 800 km N | 162 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Orlu'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sailhan | 65 | 128 km W | 172 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Méailles | 04 | 411 km NE | 124 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavars | 38 | 386 km NE | 172 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Menétru-le-Vignoble | 39 | 540 km NE | 164 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prébois | 38 | 384 km NE | 170 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Salles-et-Pratviel | 31 | 106 km W | 129 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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