Ustou

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09322

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 44.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ustou (INSEE 09322) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 281 (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/09322-ustou

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 17,659 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.97	20	19.48
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.3	10	3.01
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL · LES EPICIERS D'USTOU). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (L'ETOILE · LE REFUGE · LE GRAILLOU · CHALET DE BEAUREGARD · LES RIBAROLES). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE CHALET DU PRAT · LE MARTERAT · 2 SCHUSS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (USTOU AP). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING LE MONTAGNOU). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	2	VIVAL · LES EPICIERS D'USTOU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	6	L'ETOILE · LE REFUGE · LE GRAILLOU · CHALET DE BEAUREGARD · LES RIBAROLES	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE CHALET DU PRAT · LE MARTERAT · 2 SCHUSS	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	USTOU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING LE MONTAGNOU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 502 peak 1982: 520 2023: 281 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 324 (2012) → 281 (2023): -13.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 351 (1990) → 281 (2023): -19.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,380, of which 87.2 % second homes and 0.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 1.2 km NGP — 6.0 km EBakery — 8.8 km NWPharmacy — 8.9 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 (Seix): 8.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ustou): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aulus-les-Bains): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Oust): 8.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Ustou): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 112.1▸

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 112 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the AULUS-LES-BAINS weather station, 5.8 km away at 733 m; the village itself is at 743 m. ^[12]

An average of 1,672 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at AULUS-LES-BAINS, 5.8 km away at 733 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 — 09322/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09322/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09322/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09322/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09285
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09322
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09223
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 Morte	38	444 km NE	143	43.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 35 %
Picherande	63	320 km N	324	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 68 %
Biert	09	12 km N	303	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye	04	481 km NE	215	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 43 %
Belvédère-Campomoro	2A	635 km E	213	39	Few services	no figures
Le Haut-Bréda	38	476 km NE	456	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 46 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Biert	09	12 km N	303	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Picherande	63	320 km N	324	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 68 %
La Morte	38	444 km NE	143	43.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 35 %
Le Haut-Bréda	38	476 km NE	456	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 46 %
Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye	04	481 km NE	215	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 43 %
Belvédère-Campomoro	2A	635 km E	213	39	Few services	no figures

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