Belcaire

Aude · CC Pyrénées audoises · INSEE 11028

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

Partly served 49.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Belcaire (INSEE 11028) is in Aude (11), part of CC Pyrénées audoises. Population 365 (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/11028-belcaire

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 18,070 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.51	10	5.14
Housing mix	0.03	5	0.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (LA MIE REMI). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DU PAYS DE SAULT). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UTILE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA-HAUT DANS LA MONTAGNE · LA MIE REMI). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ROLAND ROUET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE AMENAGEE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT BAYLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LES CHALETS DU LAC). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE REMI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DU PAYS DE SAULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	UTILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA-HAUT DANS LA MONTAGNE · LA MIE REMI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ROLAND ROUET, 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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BELCAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	BAIGNADE AMENAGEE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT BAYLE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LES CHALETS DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 504 2023: 365 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 461 (2012) → 365 (2023): -20.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 360 (1990) → 365 (2023): 1.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 471, of which 48.6 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.2 km E 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 (Belcaire): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Belcaire): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Belcaire): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Espezel): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Belcaire): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.9

Days at or below 0 °C 74.3

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BELCAIRE weather station, 1 km away at 980 m; the village itself is at 1,006 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BELCAIRE, 1 km away at 980 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,002 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BELCAIRE, 1 km away at 980 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 — 11028/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11028/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11028/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11028/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11130
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
Trébas	81	132 km N	401	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 42 %
La Motte-Chalancon	26	332 km NE	395	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Séderon	26	327 km NE	237	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 %
La Pesse	39	494 km NE	334	64.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Lalouvesc	07	329 km NE	388	50.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Ucciani	2A	582 km E	504	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 15 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trébas	81	132 km N	401	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 42 %
Séderon	26	327 km NE	237	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 %
Lalouvesc	07	329 km NE	388	50.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-Chalancon	26	332 km NE	395	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
La Pesse	39	494 km NE	334	64.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Ucciani	2A	582 km E	504	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 15 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Belcaire'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
Latour-de-Carol	66	39 km S	480	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Olette	66	39 km SE	360	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Salers	15	262 km N	310	70.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Liernais	21	521 km N	482	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues	63	297 km N	328	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Tour-d'Auvergne	63	308 km N	640	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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