Sautel

Ariège · CC du Pays d'Olmes · INSEE 09281

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sautel (INSEE 09281) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays d'Olmes. Population 123 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 12,401 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.67	10	6.71
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU D1). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU SAUTEL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	AU D1	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU SAUTEL	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 82 2023: 123 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 122 (2012) → 123 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 105 (1990) → 123 (2023): 17.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 74, of which 9.5 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 3.3 km WBakery — 4.8 km EGP — 4.8 km EPharmacy — 4.8 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 (Laroque-d'Olmes): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sautel): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laroque-d'Olmes): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Laroque-d'Olmes): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Carla-de-Roquefort): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 26.6

Muggy days a summer 4.3

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES CASCADES weather station, 5.1 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 393 m. ^[11]

The village sits 137 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 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LERAN, 9.1 km away at 391 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,100 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES CASCADES, 5.1 km away at 530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09281/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09281/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09281/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09281/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09080
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
Saucède	64	205 km W	125	11.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 14 %
Sabazan	32	164 km NW	126	10.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Arblade-le-Bas	32	180 km NW	134	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Duffort	32	120 km W	121	9.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Mérigon	09	51 km W	114	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Anastasie	15	261 km N	122	7.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 18 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mérigon	09	51 km W	114	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Duffort	32	120 km W	121	9.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Sabazan	32	164 km NW	126	10.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Arblade-le-Bas	32	180 km NW	134	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Saucède	64	205 km W	125	11.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 14 %
Sainte-Anastasie	15	261 km N	122	7.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 18 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Sautel'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
Bran	17	311 km NW	137	12.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Les Angles-sur-Corrèze	19	259 km N	125	12.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Couziers	37	484 km N	121	12.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sillas	33	216 km NW	119	13.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Verneuil-le-Château	37	464 km N	124	9.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Agudelle	17	324 km NW	131	14.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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