Saint-Jean-de-Verges
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Partly served 47.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Jean-de-Verges (INSEE 09264) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 1,290 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 47.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 12,774 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.58 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.7 | 10 | 6.96 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.56 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (LA COCOTTE MINUTE · AGENCE TECHNOLOGIQUE DE COMMUNICATIONS · LES 3 BUFFETS · LE BARRIO VELOZ). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LA TRIPOUILLE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
13 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALICIA VICENTE, MÉDECIN · FOUAD MEGHARBI, MÉDECIN · MAURICE BICHAOUI, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE NAVARRO, MÉDECIN · KAMAL HAMMOUM, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU PLANTAUREL). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ST JEAN DE VERGES STATION TOTAL RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN-DE-VERGES). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LE BOUDOIR DE SANDRINE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [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 | 4 | LA COCOTTE MINUTE · AGENCE TECHNOLOGIQUE DE COMMUNICATIONS · LES 3 BUFFETS · LE BARRIO VELOZ | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LA TRIPOUILLE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 13 | ALICIA VICENTE, MÉDECIN · FOUAD MEGHARBI, MÉDECIN · MAURICE BICHAOUI, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE NAVARRO, MÉDECIN · KAMAL HAMMOUM, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 13 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU PLANTAUREL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ST JEAN DE VERGES STATION TOTAL RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN-DE-VERGES | 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 | 1 | LE BOUDOIR DE SANDRINE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday 9h à 12 h Place de la Mairie. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,161 (2012) → 1,290 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 787 (1990) → 1,290 (2023): 63.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 634, of which 4.4 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Foix): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Foix): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Jean-de-Verges): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Verges): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Verges): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the COS weather station, 6.2 km away at 519 m; the village itself is at 354 m. [11]
The village sits 165 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 7 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at COS, 6.2 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 165 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 997 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at COS, 6.2 km away at 519 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09264/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— http://www.saintjeandeverges.fr/le-marche— “Le marché de St Jean de Verges vous accueille tous les jeudis Place de la Mairie de 9h à 12 h.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09264/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09264/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09264/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09122
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09264
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chusclan | 30 | 278 km NE | 980 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pourrain | 89 | 546 km N | 1,270 | 38.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 % |
| Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde | 16 | 302 km NW | 1,254 | 47.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 % |
| Meursac | 17 | 351 km NW | 1,563 | 39.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Meilhan | 40 | 210 km NW | 1,237 | 42.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Dampierre | 39 | 563 km NE | 1,314 | 44.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 31 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meilhan | 40 | 210 km NW | 1,237 | 42.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chusclan | 30 | 278 km NE | 980 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 % |
| Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde | 16 | 302 km NW | 1,254 | 47.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 % |
| Meursac | 17 | 351 km NW | 1,563 | 39.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pourrain | 89 | 546 km N | 1,270 | 38.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 % |
| Dampierre | 39 | 563 km NE | 1,314 | 44.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 31 % |
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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 Saint-Jean-de-Verges'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvagnac | 81 | 99 km N | 1,237 | 57.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aubiet | 32 | 97 km NW | 1,134 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Coteaux-du-Blanzacais | 16 | 301 km NW | 1,013 | 39.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Château-l'Évêque | 24 | 259 km N | 2,158 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brizambourg | 17 | 354 km NW | 997 | 54.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sauveur | 33 | 312 km NW | 1,245 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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