Bages

Identity

Bages (INSEE 11024) is in Aude (11), part of CA Le Grand Narbonne. Population 720 (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/11024-bages

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 16,292 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

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

1 × Fishmonger (L'ETOILE DE MER). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (ROUSSEAU · LA FONTAINE DE BAGES · LES JARDINS DE BAGES · VINS SUR VINS · MAISON DIDI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PETIT CAFE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB CELINE PINAUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI BOUTIERE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BAGES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (DETENTE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 864 (2012) → 720 (2023): -16.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 694 (1990) → 720 (2023): 3.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 601, of which 33.3 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Narbonne): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Narbonne): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Narbonne): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Narbonne): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bages): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NARBONNE weather station, 4.2 km away at 110 m; the village itself is at 17 m. ^[10]

The village sits 93 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NARBONNE, 4.2 km away at 110 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 93 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 582 mm of rain a year, spread over 59 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NARBONNE, 4.2 km away at 110 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11024/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11024/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11024/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11024/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11262
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11024
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024