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Quérigut

Ariège · CC de la Haute Ariège · INSEE 09239

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

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Quérigut (INSEE 09239) is in Ariège (09), part of CC de la Haute Ariège. Population 139 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/09239-querigut

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 13,473 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0.43104.32
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.48104.79
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ALIMENTATION SERVICES DU DONEZAN). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU DONEZAN LES 4 SAISONS). [3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE JULIE TROMME, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE HARRISON, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE JULES PALMADE CENTRE DE LOISIRS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (CHARTIER FLORIANE). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1ALIMENTATION SERVICES DU DONEZANINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1AUBERGE DU DONEZAN LES 4 SAISONSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2MARIE JULIE TROMME, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE HARRISON, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE JULES PALMADE CENTRE DE LOISIRSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1CHARTIER FLORIANEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 234 2023: 139 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 142 (2012) → 139 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 142 (1990) → 139 (2023): -2.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 347, of which 72.6 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 9.4 km S (Formiguères)Pharmacy — 13.7 km S (Les Angles)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 9.4 km SPharmacy — 13.7 km S 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 (Formiguères): 9.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Quérigut): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Quérigut): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Les Angles): 13.7 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Quérigut): 0.1 km to the north (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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CARCANIERES weather station, 2.1 km away at 1,360 m; the village itself is at 1,220 m. [11]

The village sits 140 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]

An average of 945 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CARCANIERES, 2.1 km away at 1,360 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 — 09239/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09239/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09239/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09239/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66082
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09239
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66004
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Île-Molène29838 km NW17633.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle07260 km NE18326.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 %
Sentein0995 km W17530.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 27 %
Salettes43284 km NE15614.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Dourbies30187 km NE17724Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Ferrals-les-Montagnes3490 km NE15631.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 26 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ferrals-les-Montagnes3490 km NE15631.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 26 %
Sentein0995 km W17530.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 27 %
Dourbies30187 km NE17724Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle07260 km NE18326.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 %
Salettes43284 km NE15614.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Île-Molène29838 km NW17633.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 0 %

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