Albières

Identity

Albières (INSEE 11007) is in Aude (11), part of CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. Population 117 (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/11007-albieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 11,932 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SERAIN). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 104 (2012) → 117 (2023): 12.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 62 (1990) → 117 (2023): 88.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 114, of which 28.9 % second homes and 16.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Fourtou): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laroque-de-Fa): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rennes-les-Bains): 13.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 15.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Mouthoumet): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MOUTHOUMET weather station, 4.4 km away at 538 m; the village itself is at 476 m. ^[13]

The village sits 62 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 4 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MOUTHOUMET, 4.4 km away at 538 m, over 29 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 62 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 804 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MOUTHOUMET, 4.4 km away at 538 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11007/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11007/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11007/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11007/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11155
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11191
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11310
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66187
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11260
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024