Rimont
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Rimont (INSEE 09246) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 542 (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/09246-rimont
Vitality score
Vitality score 44/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 88 % of the 17,568 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.56 | 10 | 5.57 |
| Housing mix | 0.62 | 5 | 3.12 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL DE RIMONT). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE GRENIER A JAMBONS). [3]
2 × Restaurant (BE BAO · A LA BONNE FRANQUETTE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (RIMONT AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RIMONT). [3]
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | FOURNIL DE RIMONT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LE GRENIER A JAMBONS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 | 2 | BE BAO · A LA BONNE FRANQUETTE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | 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 | RIMONT AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RIMONT | INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 566 (2012) → 542 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 513 (1990) → 542 (2023): 5.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 383, of which 18.8 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rimont): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rimont): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Girons): 10.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Girons): 11.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Rimont): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LA BASTIDE DE S weather station, 9.3 km away at 420 m; the village itself is at 516 m. [10]
The village sits 96 m above 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 14.2 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 102 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,090 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LA BASTIDE DE S, 9.3 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
47 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 109,000 € — 1,125 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09246/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09246/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09246/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09246/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09246
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09261
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meilhards | 19 | 287 km N | 545 | 32.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pont-Melvez | 22 | 704 km NW | 595 | 37.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 % |
| Fontanes | 46 | 148 km N | 547 | 41.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Betz-le-Château | 37 | 445 km N | 499 | 33.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec | 29 | 726 km NW | 641 | 36.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 12 % · humidity 86 % |
| Milhac-de-Nontron | 24 | 278 km N | 520 | 31 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontanes | 46 | 148 km N | 547 | 41.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Milhac-de-Nontron | 24 | 278 km N | 520 | 31 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 % |
| Meilhards | 19 | 287 km N | 545 | 32.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Betz-le-Château | 37 | 445 km N | 499 | 33.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pont-Melvez | 22 | 704 km NW | 595 | 37.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec | 29 | 726 km NW | 641 | 36.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 12 % · 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 Rimont'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millay | 58 | 478 km NE | 440 | 42 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Menat | 63 | 369 km N | 547 | 46.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gibles | 71 | 444 km NE | 571 | 30.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Jars | 18 | 502 km N | 481 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Buffières | 71 | 460 km NE | 273 | 36.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Quarré-les-Tombes | 89 | 531 km NE | 619 | 59.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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