Vira

Ariège · CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes · INSEE 09340

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 22.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vira (INSEE 09340) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 161 (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/09340-vira

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 14,590 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.84	10	8.42
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (PRESTIGE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	PRESTIGE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 71 peak 2012: 169 2023: 161 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 169 (2012) → 161 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 120 (1990) → 161 (2023): 34.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 94, of which 6.4 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.2 km NGP — 5.6 km NWFood shop — 9.3 km SEPharmacy — 10.1 km NE 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 (Rieucros): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sautel): 9.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Pujols): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mirepoix): 10.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Vira): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 24.3

Muggy days a summer 8.9

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ARVIGNA weather station, 2.6 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 316 m. ^[13]

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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ARVIGNA, 2.6 km away at 370 m, over 15 summers. ^[13]

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. ^[13]

An average of 829 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ARVIGNA, 2.6 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09340/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09340/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09340/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09340/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09244
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09238
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09340
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
Béthelainville	55	731 km N	160	16.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 43 %
Le Thuel	02	755 km N	158	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 45 % · humidity 43 %
Nédon	62	832 km N	158	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Léger-du-Gennetey	27	698 km N	166	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 61 %
Remiencourt	80	750 km N	164	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Julien-lès-Gorze	54	736 km NE	162	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 42 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Léger-du-Gennetey	27	698 km N	166	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 61 %
Béthelainville	55	731 km N	160	16.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Julien-lès-Gorze	54	736 km NE	162	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 42 % · humidity 43 %
Remiencourt	80	750 km N	164	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Le Thuel	02	755 km N	158	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 45 % · humidity 43 %
Nédon	62	832 km N	158	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Vira'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
Lescurry	65	134 km W	161	17.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ségura	09	5.7 km W	199	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sedze-Maubecq	64	156 km W	225	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Dours	65	134 km W	225	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Sabalos	65	134 km W	148	14.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Collongues	65	132 km W	153	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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