Unzent

Identity

Unzent (INSEE 09319) is in Ariège (09), part of CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Population 122 (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/09319-unzent

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 12,371 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU LAC DE LA LAURE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 126 (2012) → 122 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 109 (1990) → 122 (2023): 11.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 68, of which 4.4 % second homes and 20.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Vernet): 6.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Vernet): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saverdun): 8.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pamiers): 7.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-d'Oydes): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BRIE weather station, 3.2 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 350 m. ^[12]

The village sits 85 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTAUT, 9.6 km away at 295 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 55 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BRIE, 3.2 km away at 265 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

7 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 360,200 € — 1,314 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09319/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09319/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09319/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09319/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09331
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09282
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09225
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09270
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025