Belcastel-et-Buc
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Belcastel-et-Buc (INSEE 11029) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 60 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 10.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 6,186 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.68 |
| Housing mix | 0.79 | 5 | 3.97 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 73 (2012) → 60 (2023): -17.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 62 (1990) → 60 (2023): -3.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 39, of which 10.3 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Hilaire): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Limoux): 9.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Hilaire): 6.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Limoux): 9.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Missègre): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VILLARDEBELLE_SAPC weather station, 5.6 km away at 593 m; the village itself is at 360 m. [11]
The village sits 233 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VILLARDEBELLE_SAPC, 5.6 km away at 593 m, over 11 summers. [11]
That station sits 233 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 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VILLARDEBELLE_SAPC, 5.6 km away at 593 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 — 11029/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11029/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11029/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11029/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11344
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11206
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11235
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proupiary | 31 | 121 km W | 61 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lanoux | 09 | 75 km W | 60 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Périgny | 14 | 693 km N | 58 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 % |
| Péré | 65 | 165 km W | 61 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Germain-le-Vieux | 61 | 639 km N | 62 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 % |
| Castelgaillard | 31 | 122 km W | 60 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 74 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanoux | 09 | 75 km W | 60 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Proupiary | 31 | 121 km W | 61 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 71 % |
| Castelgaillard | 31 | 122 km W | 60 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 74 % |
| Péré | 65 | 165 km W | 61 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Germain-le-Vieux | 61 | 639 km N | 62 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 % |
| Périgny | 14 | 693 km N | 58 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · 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 Belcastel-et-Buc'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lubret-Saint-Luc | 65 | 168 km W | 61 | 5.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lamarque-Rustaing | 65 | 168 km W | 54 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-la-Roche | 07 | 256 km NE | 67 | 13 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chaunac | 17 | 336 km NW | 67 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mun | 65 | 170 km W | 74 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Groseillers | 79 | 444 km NW | 54 | 6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
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