Varilhes
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Varilhes (INSEE 09324) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 3,487 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 50.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 6,301 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 | 0.32 | 25 | 8.08 |
| Social | 0.56 | 20 | 11.16 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 9.98 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.63 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (JOLIBERT-MASSAT · LES RECETTES DE NOEMIE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SARDA). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON BIARD). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES PANIERS DU VAL D'ARIEGE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE SAINT-MICHEL · LE COEUR DU VILLAGE · TECGM · LA MAIN LOURDE · BENT SHOP AND GO). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE FRANCE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE 1). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORA BONNEL, MÉDECIN · THOMAS JEGOT, MÉDECIN · HUGO VAILLANT, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE CRESPEL, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MARECHAL). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE VARILHES). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF 1). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES). [3]
9 × Hairdresser (COIFF CLUB · SANDY COIFFURE · MICHELE COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | JOLIBERT-MASSAT · LES RECETTES DE NOEMIE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SARDA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | MAISON BIARD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LES PANIERS DU VAL D'ARIEGE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 9 | RESTAURANT LE SAINT-MICHEL · LE COEUR DU VILLAGE · TECGM · LA MAIN LOURDE · BENT SHOP AND GO | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | CAFE DE FRANCE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE 1 | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | FLORA BONNEL, MÉDECIN · THOMAS JEGOT, MÉDECIN · HUGO VAILLANT, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE CRESPEL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE MARECHAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE VARILHES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF 1 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE MIDI PYRENEES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 9 | COIFF CLUB · SANDY COIFFURE · MICHELE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,239 (2012) → 3,487 (2023): 7.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,327 (1990) → 3,487 (2023): 49.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,951, of which 3.7 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Varilhes): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Varilhes): 0 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Varilhes): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Varilhes): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Varilhes): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PAMIERS VILLE weather station, 8.3 km away at 283 m; the village itself is at 328 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ARVIGNA, 8.3 km away at 370 m, over 15 summers. [10]
An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PAMIERS, 7.9 km away at 295 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
243 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 165,000 € — 1,573 € per m² of built surface. [11]
21 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 160,000 € — 1,000 € per m². [11]
The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
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 — 09324/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/9fea4f19-99d3-3b23-b82e-c12b9103be44— “Marché de Varilhes”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09324/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09324/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09324/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09324
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpiquet | 14 | 701 km N | 3,428 | 48 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres | 10 | 615 km N | 3,223 | 59.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 % |
| Quévert | 22 | 668 km NW | 3,955 | 57.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 % |
| Collonges-sous-Salève | 74 | 496 km NE | 3,832 | 52.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 54 % |
| Agneaux | 50 | 708 km N | 4,286 | 55.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 % |
| Le Thillay | 95 | 665 km N | 4,560 | 47.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collonges-sous-Salève | 74 | 496 km NE | 3,832 | 52.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 54 % |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres | 10 | 615 km N | 3,223 | 59.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 % |
| Le Thillay | 95 | 665 km N | 4,560 | 47.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 % |
| Quévert | 22 | 668 km NW | 3,955 | 57.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 % |
| Carpiquet | 14 | 701 km N | 3,428 | 48 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 % |
| Agneaux | 50 | 708 km N | 4,286 | 55.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Varilhes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montarnaud | 34 | 180 km NE | 4,208 | 48.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lignan-sur-Orb | 34 | 131 km E | 3,227 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pont-du-Casse | 47 | 152 km NW | 4,191 | 39.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga | 09 | 4.6 km N | 2,851 | 58.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maraussan | 34 | 129 km E | 4,789 | 47.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puisserguier | 34 | 120 km E | 3,078 | 42.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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