Soulan

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09301

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soulan (INSEE 09301) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 400 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 18,033 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.8	10	8.03
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PEPOUZE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (COLO ANTSOURANGUI). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOULAN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOULAN SAINT-PIERRE DE SOULAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	LE PEPOUZE	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	COLO ANTSOURANGUI	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)	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	SOULAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOULAN SAINT-PIERRE DE SOULAN	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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 411 2023: 400 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 361 (2012) → 400 (2023): 10.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 307 (1990) → 400 (2023): 30.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 499, of which 53.1 % second homes and 1.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km SGP — 5.1 km SWPharmacy — 5.3 km S 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 (Oust): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Soulan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Seix): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Oust): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Soulan): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 73

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SOULAN weather station, 0.3 km away at 638 m; the village itself is at 629 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 14.6 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 215 m below 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 1,279 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SOULAN, 0.3 km away at 638 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 — 09301/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/3bdd4462-aefd-3734-8972-044e8db7617b— “Marché de Soulan”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09301/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09301/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09301/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09223
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09285
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
Lacoste	84	342 km E	468	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Mosset	66	95 km E	321	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sollacaro	2A	644 km E	396	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Quinson	04	399 km E	368	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-en-Grève	22	742 km NW	447	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Latour-de-Carol	66	73 km SE	480	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Latour-de-Carol	66	73 km SE	480	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Mosset	66	95 km E	321	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lacoste	84	342 km E	468	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Quinson	04	399 km E	368	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Sollacaro	2A	644 km E	396	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel-en-Grève	22	742 km NW	447	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 18 % · 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 Soulan'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
Mazille	71	470 km NE	400	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Marcols-les-Eaux	07	331 km NE	291	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Campuac	12	214 km NE	449	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Vimenet	12	214 km NE	248	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières	73	495 km NE	410	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Soing-Cubry-Charentenay	70	634 km NE	555	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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