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Verdun

Ariège · CC de la Haute Ariège · INSEE 09328

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

No daily shops 10.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Verdun (INSEE 09328) is in Ariège (09), part of CC de la Haute Ariège. Population 209 (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/09328-verdun

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 16,228 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 trend0.86108.57
Housing mix0.1250.58

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 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”.

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING À LA FERME VALLÉE DE BEILLE). [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]

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]
Campsite1CAMPING À LA FERME VALLÉE DE BEILLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 210 peak 2007: 235 2023: 209 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 228 (2012) → 209 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 154 (1990) → 209 (2023): 35.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 44.2 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 0.7 km S (Les Cabannes)Pharmacy — 0.8 km S (Les Cabannes)Bakery — 0.9 km SW (Les Cabannes)Primary school — 0.9 km S (Les Cabannes)GP — 7.0 km SE (Luzenac)
Food shop — 0.7 km SPharmacy — 0.8 km SBakery — 0.9 km SWPrimary school — 0.9 km SGP — 7.0 km SE 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): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Les Cabannes): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Luzenac): 7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Les Cabannes): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Les Cabannes): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MONT D'OLMES weather station, 7.3 km away at 1,500 m; the village itself is at 547 m. [10]

The village sits 953 m below 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. [10]

An average of 921 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at VERDUN, 0.1 km away at 546 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09328/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09328/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09328/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09328/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09070
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09176
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Milhas3175 km W1919No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 58 %
Le Housseau-Brétignolles53654 km N2318.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Termes48254 km NE21410.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 0 %
Pelouse48251 km NE23112.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 0 %
Poggio-d'Oletta2B627 km E21511.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 64 %
Bessy-sur-Cure89561 km N18412.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 80 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Milhas3175 km W1919No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 58 %
Pelouse48251 km NE23112.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 0 %
Termes48254 km NE21410.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 0 %
Bessy-sur-Cure89561 km N18412.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 80 %
Poggio-d'Oletta2B627 km E21511.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 64 %
Le Housseau-Brétignolles53654 km N2318.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %

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