Alaigne

Aude · CC du Limouxin · INSEE 11004

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Alaigne (INSEE 11004) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 327 (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/11004-alaigne

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,995 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.63	10	6.28
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (KERGOAT GLENN · LA CIGALE ET LE FOURNIL). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ALAIGNE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	KERGOAT GLENN · LA CIGALE ET LE FOURNIL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	1	ALAIGNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ALAIGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 385 2023: 327 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 343 (2012) → 327 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 290 (1990) → 327 (2023): 12.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 232, of which 15.1 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 1.6 km NPharmacy — 2.6 km NFood shop — 5.3 km S 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 (Alaigne): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villelongue-d'Aude): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Belvèze-du-Razès): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Belvèze-du-Razès): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Alaigne): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.7

Days at or below 0 °C 15.8▸

Muggy days a summer 12.8▸

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 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ALAIGNE weather station, 1.2 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 315 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ALAIGNE, 1.2 km away at 293 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 659 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ALAIGNE, 1.2 km away at 293 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11004
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11427
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11034
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
Malviès	11	7.7 km E	361	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Lesmont	10	619 km N	298	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Amadou	09	30 km W	283	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Coulanges	03	401 km N	285	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 %
Labécède-Lauragais	11	33 km N	420	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Bonvillard	73	434 km NE	351	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Malviès	11	7.7 km E	361	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amadou	09	30 km W	283	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Labécède-Lauragais	11	33 km N	420	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Coulanges	03	401 km N	285	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 %
Bonvillard	73	434 km NE	351	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 %
Lesmont	10	619 km N	298	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Alaigne'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
Malviès	11	7.7 km E	361	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Routier	11	2.9 km E	231	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lasserre-de-Prouille	11	8.4 km N	292	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Villelongue-d'Aude	11	5.3 km S	321	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Loupia	11	4.8 km S	259	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Serres-Gaston	40	220 km W	405	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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