Perles-et-Castelet

Identity

Perles-et-Castelet (INSEE 09228) is in Ariège (09), part of CC de la Haute Ariège. Population 218 (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/09228-perles-et-castelet

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,490 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AIGUILLES DE PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE CASTELET). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 206 (2012) → 218 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 157 (1990) → 218 (2023): 38.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 232, of which 45.3 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Perles-et-Castelet): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Perles-et-Castelet): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Luzenac): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ax-les-Thermes): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Luzenac): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAVIGNAC weather station, 3.1 km away at 680 m; the village itself is at 702 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ASTON, 8.2 km away at 1,781 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 1,079 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,032 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAVIGNAC, 3.1 km away at 680 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

22 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 149,500 € — 1,361 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09228/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09228/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09228/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09228/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09228
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09176
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09032
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025