Unac
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 15.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Unac (INSEE 09318) is in Ariège (09), part of CC de la Haute Ariège. Population 127 (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 15.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 54 % of the 12,697 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 | 0.58 | 10 | 5.76 |
| Housing mix | 0.21 | 5 | 1.03 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LA GRANGE AUX JAMBONS). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LA GRANGE AUX JAMBONS | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 116 (2012) → 127 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 118 (1990) → 127 (2023): 7.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 39.7 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Perles-et-Castelet): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Perles-et-Castelet): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Luzenac): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Ax-les-Thermes): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Luzenac): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SAVIGNAC weather station, 5.3 km away at 680 m; the village itself is at 655 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ASTON, 7.9 km away at 1,781 m, over 20 summers. [11]
That station sits 1,126 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,032 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SAVIGNAC, 5.3 km away at 680 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 147,500 € — 1,926 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09318/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09318/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09318/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09318/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09228
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09176
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09032
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saumane | 04 | 349 km NE | 130 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 % |
| Eup | 31 | 90 km W | 139 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 % |
| Curtil-sous-Burnand | 71 | 481 km NE | 137 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve | 43 | 303 km NE | 103 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châtelblanc | 25 | 554 km NE | 117 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-sous-Brancion | 71 | 486 km NE | 145 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eup | 31 | 90 km W | 139 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve | 43 | 303 km NE | 103 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saumane | 04 | 349 km NE | 130 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 % |
| Curtil-sous-Burnand | 71 | 481 km NE | 137 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Chapelle-sous-Brancion | 71 | 486 km NE | 145 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 % |
| Châtelblanc | 25 | 554 km NE | 117 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Unac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontienne | 04 | 353 km NE | 129 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Castellet-en-Luberon | 84 | 323 km NE | 113 | 9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chamaloc | 26 | 368 km NE | 119 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Poyols | 26 | 358 km NE | 98 | 20.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Blassac | 43 | 298 km NE | 126 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marignac-en-Diois | 26 | 365 km NE | 231 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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