Argens-Minervois

Aude · CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois · INSEE 11013

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

Partly served 44.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Argens-Minervois (INSEE 11013) is in Aude (11), part of CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. Population 395 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 44.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 18,036 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.85	10	8.48
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOYADJIAN GISELE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA GUINGUETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARGENS-MINERVOIS). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOYADJIAN GISELE	INSEE BPE 1 / 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	1	LA GUINGUETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARGENS-MINERVOIS	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: 232 2023: 395 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 371 (2012) → 395 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 293 (1990) → 395 (2023): 34.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 15.3 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km WGP — 4.6 km SPharmacy — 4.6 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 (Argens-Minervois): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tourouzelle): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lézignan-Corbières): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lézignan-Corbières): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Argens-Minervois): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.9

Days at or below 0 °C 15.8▸

Muggy days a summer 11.8▸

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES weather station, 8.2 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 8.2 km away at 60 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 627 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 8.2 km away at 60 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 — 11013/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11013/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11013/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11013/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11013
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11393
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11203
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
Valvignères	07	202 km NE	440	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Soulvache	44	607 km NW	338	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 65 %
Helléan	56	665 km NW	395	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 78 % · humidity 21 %
Veuil	36	442 km N	379	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 53 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bavel	01	371 km NE	428	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 29 %
Machézal	42	322 km N	403	52.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Valvignères	07	202 km NE	440	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Machézal	42	322 km N	403	52.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bavel	01	371 km NE	428	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 29 %
Veuil	36	442 km N	379	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 53 % · humidity 36 %
Soulvache	44	607 km NW	338	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 65 %
Helléan	56	665 km NW	395	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 78 % · 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 Argens-Minervois'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
Cazouls-d'Hérault	34	63 km NE	420	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Rustiques	11	24 km W	538	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Escales	11	6.0 km W	512	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bagnoles	11	27 km W	300	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montner	66	55 km S	324	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Montbrun-des-Corbières	11	8.2 km SW	343	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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