Pailhès

Ariège · CC Arize Lèze · INSEE 09224

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 49.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pailhès (INSEE 09224) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Arize Lèze. Population 511 (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 49.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 93 % of the 17,713 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE GARAGE LA CAVE A BIERE). ^[4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE GARAGE LA CAVE A BIERE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	PAILHES 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: 365 2023: 511 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 411 (2012) → 511 (2023): 24.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 281 (1990) → 511 (2023): 81.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 308, of which 11.4 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.1 km SEGP — 5.8 km WPharmacy — 8.6 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 (Montégut-Plantaurel): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pailhès): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Bordes-sur-Arize): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Fossat): 8.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Pailhès): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.2

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 7.7

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 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, 7.1 km away at 292 m; the village itself is at 291 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at COS, 17.7 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 228 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, 7.1 km away at 292 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09224/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09224/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09224/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09224/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
Bras-d'Asse	04	388 km E	571	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Rébénacq	64	150 km W	639	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Cronat	71	439 km NE	506	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Liessies	59	806 km N	527	42.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Jullié	69	433 km NE	492	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Pierrefitte-sur-Loire	03	422 km NE	506	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rébénacq	64	150 km W	639	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Bras-d'Asse	04	388 km E	571	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Pierrefitte-sur-Loire	03	422 km NE	506	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Jullié	69	433 km NE	492	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Cronat	71	439 km NE	506	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Liessies	59	806 km N	527	42.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Pailhès'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
Lerm-et-Musset	33	187 km NW	504	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Gours	33	239 km NW	526	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Tour	06	472 km E	540	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Liposthey	40	231 km NW	603	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Garein	40	199 km NW	424	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Les Barthes	82	113 km N	596	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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