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Urs

Ariège · CC de la Haute Ariège · INSEE 09320

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 4.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Urs (INSEE 09320) is in Ariège (09), part of CC de la Haute Ariège. Population 27 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/09320-urs

Vitality score

Vitality score 4.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 1,678 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.4104
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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”.

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

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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 39 peak 2007: 40 2023: 27 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 39 (2012) → 27 (2023): -30.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 30 (1990) → 27 (2023): -10 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 43, of which 62.8 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.9 km SE (Luzenac)GP — 2.9 km SE (Luzenac)Pharmacy — 3.6 km W (Les Cabannes)Food shop — 3.9 km W (Les Cabannes)Bakery — 4.4 km W (Les Cabannes)
Primary school — 2.9 km SEGP — 2.9 km SEPharmacy — 3.6 km WFood shop — 3.9 km WBakery — 4.4 km W 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 (Les Cabannes): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Les Cabannes): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Luzenac): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Les Cabannes): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Luzenac): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

No climate figures: every nearby weather station sits more than 1,200 m above or below the village, so none of them describes its weather.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09320/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09320/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09320/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09320/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09070
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09176

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Raon-lès-Leau54762 km NE4011.8No daily shopsno figures
Bachos3192 km W312.2No daily shopsno figures
Château-Verdun094.4 km W416.5No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Jean-du-Castillonnais0968 km W3319.2No daily shopsno figures
Vernaux092.1 km E365.3No daily shopsno figures
Châtas88746 km NE344No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vernaux092.1 km E365.3No daily shopsno figures
Château-Verdun094.4 km W416.5No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Jean-du-Castillonnais0968 km W3319.2No daily shopsno figures
Bachos3192 km W312.2No daily shopsno figures
Châtas88746 km NE344No daily shopsno figures
Raon-lès-Leau54762 km NE4011.8No daily shopsno figures

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