Pradières
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 20.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pradières (INSEE 09234) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 124 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 20.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 77 % of the 12,501 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 | 0.7 | 10 | 7.04 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.7 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (OVERO). [3]
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 | OVERO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 | 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
Population 115 (2012) → 124 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 103 (1990) → 124 (2023): 20.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 69, of which 13 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Foix): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Foix): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Foix): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Foix): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Montgailhard): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the COS weather station, 7.2 km away at 519 m; the village itself is at 519 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COS, 7.2 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [10]
An average of 997 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at COS, 7.2 km away at 519 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09234/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09234/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09234/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09234/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09122
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09207
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Camelle | 11 | 36 km N | 127 | 24.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martial | 16 | 296 km NW | 122 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tresnay | 58 | 432 km N | 131 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Marcel-en-Murat | 03 | 388 km N | 128 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bergouey-Viellenave | 64 | 225 km W | 123 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou | 81 | 116 km N | 126 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Camelle | 11 | 36 km N | 127 | 24.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou | 81 | 116 km N | 126 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bergouey-Viellenave | 64 | 225 km W | 123 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Martial | 16 | 296 km NW | 122 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Marcel-en-Murat | 03 | 388 km N | 128 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Tresnay | 58 | 432 km N | 131 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Pradières'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tresnay | 58 | 432 km N | 131 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Poullignac | 16 | 302 km NW | 107 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chezelles | 37 | 465 km N | 130 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Guizerix | 65 | 106 km NW | 112 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pussigny | 37 | 456 km N | 159 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Verneuil-le-Château | 37 | 463 km N | 124 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
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