Argeliers
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Argeliers (INSEE 11012) is in Aude (11), part of CA Le Grand Narbonne. Population 2,124 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 60 % of the 9,191 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.46 | 20 | 9.18 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.14 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (BODIN MARCELLE · LE CHAT QUI PECHE · CASA BELLA · LOU CABANOT). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE JENA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARGELIERS). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (P'HAIR FECT · E.COIFFURE · IMPULSION COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | VIVAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 5 | BODIN MARCELLE · LE CHAT QUI PECHE · CASA BELLA · LOU CABANOT | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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) | 1 | CHRISTINE JENA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARGELIERS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE POLYVALENTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 4 | P'HAIR FECT · E.COIFFURE · IMPULSION COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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
Population 1,982 (2012) → 2,124 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,233 (1990) → 2,124 (2023): 72.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,193, of which 8.6 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bize-Minervois): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Argeliers): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Argeliers): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bize-Minervois): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Argeliers): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 68 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ARGELIERS weather station, 0.5 km away at 31 m; the village itself is at 37 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at NARBONNE, 18.4 km away at 110 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 73 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 587 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ARGELIERS, 0.5 km away at 31 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11012/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11012/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11012/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11012/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11041
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11012
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verny | 57 | 682 km N | 2,056 | 53.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 % |
| Rémilly | 57 | 688 km N | 2,070 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 % |
| Astaffort | 47 | 200 km NW | 1,972 | 49 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 95 % · humidity 14 % |
| Landiras | 33 | 301 km NW | 2,310 | 44 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 % |
| Beaurainville | 62 | 795 km N | 2,014 | 46.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 64 % |
| Jujurieux | 01 | 362 km NE | 2,260 | 48.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astaffort | 47 | 200 km NW | 1,972 | 49 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 95 % · humidity 14 % |
| Landiras | 33 | 301 km NW | 2,310 | 44 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 % |
| Jujurieux | 01 | 362 km NE | 2,260 | 48.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 % |
| Verny | 57 | 682 km N | 2,056 | 53.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 % |
| Rémilly | 57 | 688 km N | 2,070 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 % |
| Beaurainville | 62 | 795 km N | 2,014 | 46.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 64 % |
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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 Argeliers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude | 11 | 7.7 km S | 2,014 | 55.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ginestas | 11 | 6.1 km SW | 1,611 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sallèles-d'Aude | 11 | 6.8 km SE | 3,179 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze | 30 | 110 km E | 3,690 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude | 11 | 7.7 km S | 2,118 | 50.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ouveillan | 11 | 5.3 km SE | 2,713 | 65 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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