Ussat

Ariège · CC du Pays de Tarascon · INSEE 09321

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

No daily shops 13.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ussat (INSEE 09321) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays de Tarascon. Population 307 (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 13.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 17,906 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.68
Housing mix	0.44	5	2.18

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 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTIANE VAUGEOIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'USSAT). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	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)	1	CHRISTIANE VAUGEOIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'USSAT	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 231 peak 1999: 372 2023: 307 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 345 (2012) → 307 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 317 (1990) → 307 (2023): -3.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 238, of which 28.2 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 0.5 km NWFood shop — 1.5 km NWPrimary school — 1.6 km SEBakery — 2.1 km NWPharmacy — 2.2 km NW 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 (Tarascon-sur-Ariège): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tarascon-sur-Ariège): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ussat): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tarascon-sur-Ariège): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.6

Days at or below 0 °C 71.5

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TARASCON SUR AR weather station, 2.8 km away at 475 m; the village itself is at 511 m. ^[11]

An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TARASCON SUR AR, 2.8 km away at 475 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09321/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09321/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09321/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09321/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09306
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09221
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
La Robine-sur-Galabre	04	400 km NE	301	14.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 27 %
La Baume	74	551 km NE	320	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 58 %
Les Plans	34	169 km NE	315	16	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 46 %
Liourdres	19	235 km N	271	14.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 73 %
Aspin-en-Lavedan	65	138 km W	294	11.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 49 %
Saint-Paul	65	95 km W	324	15.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Paul	65	95 km W	324	15.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Aspin-en-Lavedan	65	138 km W	294	11.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 49 %
Les Plans	34	169 km NE	315	16	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 46 %
Liourdres	19	235 km N	271	14.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 73 %
La Robine-sur-Galabre	04	400 km NE	301	14.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 27 %
La Baume	74	551 km NE	320	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 58 %

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