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Prat-Bonrepaux

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09235

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

Partly served 54.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prat-Bonrepaux (INSEE 09235) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 888 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/09235-prat-bonrepaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 15,029 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.52512.47
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0.75107.48
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.61106.09
Housing mix0.7153.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX SAVEURS DE PRAT). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERMARCHE DU COUSERANS). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'AMANDIER). [3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAETITIA PRATO, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA MVOGO, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAVALL). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AUX SAVEURS DE PRATINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2SUPERMARCHE DU COUSERANSINSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2L'AMANDIERINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2LAETITIA PRATO, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA MVOGO, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE SAVALLINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 861 peak 2017: 917 2023: 888 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 850 (2012) → 888 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 801 (1990) → 888 (2023): 10.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 547, of which 14.3 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 6.2 km E (Lorp-Sentaraille)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 6.2 km E 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 (Prat-Bonrepaux): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Lorp-Sentaraille): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

GP (Prat-Bonrepaux): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Prat-Bonrepaux): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Prat-Bonrepaux): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ST GIRONS weather station, 7.6 km away at 414 m; the village itself is at 336 m. [11]

The village sits 78 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 7.6 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 78 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 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST GIRONS, 7.6 km away at 414 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09235/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2024-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/cf7f706a-016c-3130-b44d-4c2f7d606d6a— “Marché de Prat-Bonrepaux”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09235/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09235/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09235/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09235
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09289
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
L'Hermenault85417 km N91453.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Aspres-sur-Buëch05415 km NE82851.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde17304 km NW91249.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Bris-le-Vineux89563 km N1,02434Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Le Grand-Pressigny37433 km N87249.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Saubusse40192 km W1,09345.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saubusse40192 km W1,09345.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde17304 km NW91249.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Aspres-sur-Buëch05415 km NE82851.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
L'Hermenault85417 km N91453.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Le Grand-Pressigny37433 km N87249.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Bris-le-Vineux89563 km N1,02434Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Prat-Bonrepaux'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Séverin16261 km N78459.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Sommières-du-Clain86365 km N72957.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
La Trimouille86382 km N85952Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Verrières86378 km N92165.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Trie-sur-Baïse6562 km NW1,00651.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Sigogne16315 km N96138Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %