Taurignan-Vieux
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 17.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Taurignan-Vieux (INSEE 09308) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 204 (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 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 51 % of the 16,069 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 | 0.57 | 10 | 5.74 |
| Housing mix | 0.59 | 5 | 2.94 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LES 3 J). [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser (NOUVELLE HAIR). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
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 | LES 3 J | 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 | 1 | NOUVELLE HAIR | 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
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 210 (2012) → 204 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 190 (1990) → 204 (2023): 7.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 136, of which 20.6 % second homes and 0.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Lizier): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lorp-Sentaraille): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Lorp-Sentaraille): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Lorp-Sentaraille): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Lorp-Sentaraille): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST GIRONS weather station, 2.6 km away at 414 m; the village itself is at 370 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 2.6 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST GIRONS, 2.6 km away at 414 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09308/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09308/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09308/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09308/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09268
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09289
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Clair | 86 | 436 km N | 209 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Évriguet | 56 | 625 km NW | 210 | 20.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vodable | 63 | 320 km NE | 194 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard | 07 | 340 km NE | 214 | 20 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 % |
| Athos-Aspis | 64 | 175 km W | 213 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Le Theil-en-Auge | 14 | 706 km N | 199 | 25.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athos-Aspis | 64 | 175 km W | 213 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Vodable | 63 | 320 km NE | 194 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard | 07 | 340 km NE | 214 | 20 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Clair | 86 | 436 km N | 209 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Évriguet | 56 | 625 km NW | 210 | 20.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Theil-en-Auge | 14 | 706 km N | 199 | 25.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · 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 Taurignan-Vieux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Clair | 86 | 436 km N | 209 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Villedieu | 17 | 356 km N | 200 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vers-sous-Sellières | 39 | 547 km NE | 223 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nestier | 65 | 52 km W | 206 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chemillé-sur-Indrois | 37 | 460 km N | 227 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Truchère | 71 | 492 km NE | 200 | 26.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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