Sentenac-de-Sérou
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sentenac-de-Sérou (INSEE 09292) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 42 (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 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 3,697 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 36 (2012) → 42 (2023): 16.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 25 (1990) → 42 (2023): 68 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 54, of which 53.7 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Castelnau-Durban): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Esplas-de-Sérou): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 103 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LA BASTIDE DE S weather station, 5.9 km away at 420 m; the village itself is at 664 m. [11]
The village sits 244 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at COS, 14.3 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 145 m below 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 1,090 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LA BASTIDE DE S, 5.9 km away at 420 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 — 09292/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09292/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09292/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09292/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09082
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09042
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09118
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bourguet | 83 | 424 km E | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valouse | 26 | 348 km NE | 41 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Orliac | 24 | 196 km N | 43 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 5 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oppedette | 04 | 356 km E | 43 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beaulieu-en-Argonne | 55 | 731 km N | 37 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-les-Tours-de-Merle | 19 | 238 km N | 41 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orliac | 24 | 196 km N | 43 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 5 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-les-Tours-de-Merle | 19 | 238 km N | 41 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valouse | 26 | 348 km NE | 41 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oppedette | 04 | 356 km E | 43 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Bourguet | 83 | 424 km E | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beaulieu-en-Argonne | 55 | 731 km N | 37 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Sentenac-de-Sérou'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estensan | 65 | 87 km W | 48 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prémillieu | 01 | 463 km NE | 49 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Oradoux-de-Chirouze | 23 | 316 km N | 71 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Toy-Viam | 19 | 301 km N | 35 | 1.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tramezaïgues | 65 | 92 km W | 30 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Illier-et-Laramade | 09 | 24 km SE | 39 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
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