Serres-sur-Arget

Ariège · CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes · INSEE 09293

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Serres-sur-Arget (INSEE 09293) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 819 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 15,511 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.95	10	9.5
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MEGARDON). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SERRES SUR ARGET AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE MEGARDON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	SERRES SUR ARGET AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 444 2023: 819 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 782 (2012) → 819 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 565 (1990) → 819 (2023): 45 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 568, of which 24.3 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km EFood shop — 3.5 km EGP — 6.3 km EPharmacy — 6.3 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 (Serres-sur-Arget): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Foix): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Foix): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Serres-sur-Arget): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20

Days at or below 0 °C 40

Muggy days a summer 4.5

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COS weather station, 3.7 km away at 519 m; the village itself is at 535 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COS, 3.7 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. ^[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, 3.7 km away at 519 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 — 09293/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09293/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09293/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09293/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09293
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
Chassenon	16	326 km N	836	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Georges-Motel	27	647 km N	880	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Dambach	67	820 km NE	757	19.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Fontaine-sous-Jouy	27	678 km N	849	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Arvillers	80	758 km N	759	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Geffosses	50	725 km N	501	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chassenon	16	326 km N	836	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Georges-Motel	27	647 km N	880	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Fontaine-sous-Jouy	27	678 km N	849	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Geffosses	50	725 km N	501	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Arvillers	80	758 km N	759	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Dambach	67	820 km NE	757	19.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Serres-sur-Arget'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
Chassenon	16	326 km N	836	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin	37	461 km N	688	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Gouex	86	383 km N	487	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moulis	09	35 km W	794	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Négrondes	24	269 km N	778	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Archingeay	17	374 km NW	765	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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