Tourtouse

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09313

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 21.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tourtouse (INSEE 09313) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 169 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/09313-tourtouse

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 14,935 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.47	10	4.71
Housing mix	0.37	5	1.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE MOULETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES SAVEURS DE LA MOULETTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	LA MIE MOULETTE	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	1	LES SAVEURS DE LA MOULETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 224 2023: 169 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 151 (2012) → 169 (2023): 11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 174 (1990) → 169 (2023): -2.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 31.4 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 1.1 km SPrimary school — 2.2 km NWPharmacy — 5.2 km NEFood shop — 5.3 km NEGP — 5.9 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 (Tourtouse): 1.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Croix-Volvestre): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gajan): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Croix-Volvestre): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fabas): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.4

Days at or below 0 °C 67.9

Muggy days a summer 4.7

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CERIZOLS weather station, 6.2 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 375 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 10 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 958 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CERIZOLS, 6.2 km away at 374 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 — 09313/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09313/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09313/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09313/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09313
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09257
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09120
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-Amand-Jartoudeix	23	316 km N	150	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Blanot	71	472 km NE	203	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Jayac	24	216 km N	191	22	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Vergt-de-Biron	24	173 km N	191	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Arrentès-de-Corcieux	88	717 km NE	169	15.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %
Malvières	43	325 km NE	144	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 28 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vergt-de-Biron	24	173 km N	191	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Jayac	24	216 km N	191	22	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix	23	316 km N	150	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Malvières	43	325 km NE	144	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 28 %
Blanot	71	472 km NE	203	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Arrentès-de-Corcieux	88	717 km NE	169	15.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · 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 Tourtouse'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-Jean-d'Estissac	24	221 km N	158	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Camarade	09	13 km E	211	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Combiers	16	273 km N	128	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jeanvrin	18	399 km N	169	7.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lostanges	19	225 km N	152	10.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Corquoy	18	433 km N	198	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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