Le Vernet

Identity

Le Vernet (INSEE 09331) is in Ariège (09), part of CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Population 682 (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/09331-le-vernet

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 16,506 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER DE LOUISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT VERNET). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA MAD). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LE CANTERAINES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 653 (2012) → 682 (2023): 4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 508 (1990) → 682 (2023): 34.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 310, of which 3.5 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Vernet): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Vernet): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saverdun): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pamiers): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Vernet): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTAUT weather station, 3.5 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 241 m. ^[11]

The village sits 54 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTAUT, 3.5 km away at 295 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 665 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTAUT, 3.5 km away at 295 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

42 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 200,000 € — 1,609 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09331/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09331/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09331/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09331/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09331
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09282
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09225
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025