Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière (INSEE 09273) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 679 (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 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 47.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 89 % of the 16,525 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.97 | 10 | 9.67 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.36 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MEGARDON). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GALY). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LES PIZZAS DU PECH). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PIERRE DE RIVIERE LPAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-PIERRE-DE-RIVIÈRE ESPACE SERGE RUMEAU). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE STEPHANIE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT BAR LA BARGUILLERE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE MEGARDON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | GALY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | LES PIZZAS DU PECH | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | SAINT PIERRE DE RIVIERE LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-PIERRE-DE-RIVIÈRE ESPACE SERGE RUMEAU | 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 | LES CISEAUX DE STEPHANIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT BAR LA BARGUILLERE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Saturday 7h30 - 12h30 Parking du stade. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 641 (2012) → 679 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 463 (1990) → 679 (2023): 46.7 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 391, of which 6.4 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Foix): 3 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Foix): 3 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the COS weather station, 1.1 km away at 519 m; the village itself is at 451 m. [12]
The village sits 68 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at COS, 1.1 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [12]
That station sits 68 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 997 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at COS, 1.1 km away at 519 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09273/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://st-pierre-de-riviere09.fr/agenda/marche-de-saint-pierre/— “Tous les samedis, à Saint-Pierre-de-Riviere, vous trouverez de 7h30 à 12h30 deux commerces ambulants”
- DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f75b1b7c-c947-37ce-abbf-696088fb059f— “Tous les samedis, à Saint-Pierre-de-Riviere, vous trouverez de 7h30 à 12h30 deux commerces ambulants pour satisfaire vos besoins en produits frais et locaux”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09273/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09273/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09273/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09273
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09122
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blandy | 77 | 631 km N | 763 | 50.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sennely | 45 | 527 km N | 677 | 49.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 % |
| Sigloy | 45 | 544 km N | 654 | 45.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chahaignes | 72 | 538 km N | 664 | 38.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 % |
| Fresnay-l'Évêque | 28 | 590 km N | 739 | 39.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 % |
| Voué | 10 | 643 km N | 689 | 41.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sennely | 45 | 527 km N | 677 | 49.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chahaignes | 72 | 538 km N | 664 | 38.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 % |
| Sigloy | 45 | 544 km N | 654 | 45.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Fresnay-l'Évêque | 28 | 590 km N | 739 | 39.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 % |
| Blandy | 77 | 631 km N | 763 | 50.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 % |
| Voué | 10 | 643 km N | 689 | 41.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · 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 Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalandray | 86 | 430 km N | 784 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Migron | 17 | 353 km NW | 694 | 33.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trébons | 65 | 118 km W | 760 | 38.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plassay | 17 | 366 km NW | 823 | 33.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Césaire | 17 | 351 km NW | 888 | 36.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nérigean | 33 | 256 km NW | 839 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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