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Verniolle

Ariège · CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes · INSEE 09332

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

Partly served 44.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Verniolle (INSEE 09332) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 2,397 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/09332-verniolle

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 8,499 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.48209.5
Education0.39103.93
Health0.59105.85
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.81108.06
Housing mix0.9754.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TABAC PRESSE EPICEPRIE DE VERNIOLLE). [4,3]

1 × Supermarket (LAURALEX). [4,3]

6 × Restaurant (SPR · WOKLAND · LE CHAMPOTE · LA ROTISSERIE DOREE · C.B.N). [4,3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HERMINIA-MUÑOZ-PUIGSECH). [4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NELLY MILLON, MÉDECIN · SAMUEL DURLIAT, MÉDECIN · EVE MASSEBOEUF, MÉDECIN). [4]

1 × Pharmacy. [4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VERNIOLLE PLACE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE). [4]

4 × Hairdresser (O CISEAUX D'ARGENT · COIFFEUR HOMMES). [4,3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1TABAC PRESSE EPICEPRIE DE VERNIOLLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket1LAURALEXINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant6SPR · WOKLAND · LE CHAMPOTE · LA ROTISSERIE DOREE · C.B.NINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [4,3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HERMINIA-MUÑOZ-PUIGSECHINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)3NELLY MILLON, MÉDECIN · SAMUEL DURLIAT, MÉDECIN · EVE MASSEBOEUF, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VERNIOLLE PLACE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser4O CISEAUX D'ARGENT · COIFFEUR HOMMESINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,142 2023: 2,397 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,366 (2012) → 2,397 (2023): 1.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,836 (1990) → 2,397 (2023): 30.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,129, of which 1.3 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.7 km W (Saint-Jean-du-Falga)Pharmacy — 2.0 km NW (Saint-Jean-du-Falga)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.7 km WPharmacy — 2.0 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 (Saint-Jean-du-Falga): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Verniolle): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

GP (Verniolle): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-du-Falga): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Verniolle): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PAMIERS LYCAGRI weather station, 5.1 km away at 294 m; the village itself is at 320 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at ARVIGNA, 7 km away at 370 m, over 15 summers. [11]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PAMIERS, 4.7 km away at 295 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09332/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. DATAtourisme 2023-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/3bf10fa5-2ce5-392d-883f-480345eb4d3e— “Marché de Verniolle”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09332/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09332/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09332/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09265
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09332
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mexy54781 km N2,30038.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Haulchin59816 km N2,28131.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Vulaines-sur-Seine77601 km N2,73048.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Gometz-le-Châtel91624 km N2,63047.9Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Puymoyen16305 km N2,40342.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Noyarey38398 km NE2,36543.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Puymoyen16305 km N2,40342.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Noyarey38398 km NE2,36543.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Vulaines-sur-Seine77601 km N2,73048.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Gometz-le-Châtel91624 km N2,63047.9Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Mexy54781 km N2,30038.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Haulchin59816 km N2,28131.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Verniolle'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sérézin-du-Rhône69379 km NE3,13341.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lozanne69391 km NE3,18249.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Camblanes-et-Meynac33254 km NW3,18145.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Auzeville-Tolosane3152 km N4,66538.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Lande-de-Fronsac33266 km NW2,72943.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand33272 km NW2,05151.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %