Alet-les-Bains

Aude · CC du Limouxin · INSEE 11008

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Alet-les-Bains (INSEE 11008) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 379 (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/11008-alet-les-bains

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 18,037 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.32	10	3.24
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MOULIN D'AUDE · LA BEL NATUREL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCALE BRUN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ALET LES BAINS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ALET-LES-BAINS). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LE VAL D'ALETH). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[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	2	MOULIN D'AUDE · LA BEL NATUREL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	PASCALE BRUN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ALET LES BAINS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ALET-LES-BAINS	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]
Campsite	1	LE VAL D'ALETH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 590 2023: 379 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 439 (2012) → 379 (2023): -13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 460 (1990) → 379 (2023): -17.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 401, of which 25.4 % second homes and 19.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 4.0 km SFood shop — 5.8 km SPharmacy — 5.8 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 (Luc-sur-Aude): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Couiza): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Alet-les-Bains): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Couiza): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Alet-les-Bains): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.7

Days at or below 0 °C 38.2

Muggy days a summer 7.1

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LIMOUX weather station, 7.2 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GRANES, 9.6 km away at 420 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 213 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 646 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LIMOUX, 7.2 km away at 230 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 — 11008/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11008/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11008/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11008/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11209
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11008
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
Pervenchères	61	622 km N	344	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Cesseras	34	52 km NE	435	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-d'Aurac	43	261 km NE	469	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 %
Méthamis	84	265 km NE	450	41	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Nauviale	12	170 km N	577	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Sigonce	04	310 km E	419	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 28 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cesseras	34	52 km NE	435	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Nauviale	12	170 km N	577	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Georges-d'Aurac	43	261 km NE	469	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 %
Méthamis	84	265 km NE	450	41	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Sigonce	04	310 km E	419	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 28 % · humidity 50 %
Pervenchères	61	622 km N	344	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Alet-les-Bains'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
Espalais	82	162 km NW	373	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Tour	06	411 km E	540	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Valvignères	07	250 km NE	440	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Fongrave	47	208 km NW	629	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Varen	82	133 km N	640	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Boissezon	81	65 km N	398	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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