Suzan
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 23.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Suzan (INSEE 09304) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 26 (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 23.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 99 % of the 1,582 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 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 | 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 23 (2012) → 26 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 17 (1990) → 26 (2023): 52.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 14, of which 0 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 85 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LA BASTIDE DE S weather station, 3.9 km away at 420 m; the village itself is at 413 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at COS, 11.6 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [9]
That station sits 106 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,090 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LA BASTIDE DE S, 3.9 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09304/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09304/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09304/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09304/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09042
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maizeray | 55 | 753 km NE | 26 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sotzeling | 57 | 765 km NE | 26 | 9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 % |
| Domremy-la-Canne | 55 | 772 km NE | 27 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 % |
| Barthe | 65 | 84 km W | 25 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Varmonzey | 88 | 701 km NE | 25 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 % |
| Noirval | 08 | 762 km N | 28 | 7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 77 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barthe | 65 | 84 km W | 25 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Varmonzey | 88 | 701 km NE | 25 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 % |
| Maizeray | 55 | 753 km NE | 26 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 % |
| Noirval | 08 | 762 km N | 28 | 7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 77 % |
| Sotzeling | 57 | 765 km NE | 26 | 9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 % |
| Domremy-la-Canne | 55 | 772 km NE | 27 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · 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 Suzan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nescus | 09 | 2.2 km S | 59 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazus-Neste | 65 | 86 km W | 39 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
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