La Tour-du-Crieu

Ariège · CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées · INSEE 09312

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

Partly served 45.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Tour-du-Crieu (INSEE 09312) is in Ariège (09), part of CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Population 3,230 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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 45.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 6,695 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.47	20	9.35
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.54	10	5.43
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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]

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

2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LE NO STRESS · PIZZA LA TORRA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES BIERES DE LA TOUR). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANDRE CORMAN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE CANEL, MÉDECIN · JULIEN FAVAREU, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE FABBRI, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE COLLIN-AMOUROUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA TOUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF MARCEL ROUDIERE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (DE AMORIN MARIA · PARSY CONSTANCE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Fishmonger, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE LAVIGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	2	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant	5	LE NO STRESS · PIZZA LA TORRA	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES BIERES DE LA TOUR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	ANDRE CORMAN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE CANEL, MÉDECIN · JULIEN FAVAREU, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE FABBRI, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE COLLIN-AMOUROUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA TOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF MARCEL ROUDIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	DE AMORIN MARIA · PARSY CONSTANCE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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

1968: 745 2023: 3,230 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,863 (2012) → 3,230 (2023): 12.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,011 (1990) → 3,230 (2023): 60.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,462, of which 1.3 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (La Tour-du-Crieu): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Tour-du-Crieu): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Tour-du-Crieu): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Tour-du-Crieu): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Tour-du-Crieu): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.8

Days at or below 0 °C 36.2

Muggy days a summer 8.9

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PAMIERS LYCAGRI weather station, 2.8 km away at 294 m; the village itself is at 314 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ARVIGNA, 7.9 km away at 370 m, over 15 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 56 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 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PAMIERS LYCAGRI, 2.8 km away at 294 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 — 09312/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09312/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09312/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09312/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09312
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
Buhl	68	688 km NE	3,100	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 43 %
Valmont	57	770 km NE	3,041	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Offemont	90	651 km NE	4,051	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %
Zillisheim	68	674 km NE	2,561	51.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 43 %
Bouxières-aux-Dames	54	718 km NE	4,106	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
Fitz-James	60	702 km N	2,514	45.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Offemont	90	651 km NE	4,051	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %
Zillisheim	68	674 km NE	2,561	51.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 43 %
Buhl	68	688 km NE	3,100	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 43 %
Fitz-James	60	702 km N	2,514	45.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
Bouxières-aux-Dames	54	718 km NE	4,106	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
Valmont	57	770 km NE	3,041	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %

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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 La Tour-du-Crieu'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-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	397 km NE	3,124	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Sérézin-du-Rhône	69	377 km NE	3,133	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Macau	33	279 km NW	4,576	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Latresne	33	254 km NW	3,714	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
La Lande-de-Fronsac	33	265 km NW	2,729	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Cambes	33	248 km NW	1,897	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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