Belpech

Aude · CC Piège Lauragais Malepère · INSEE 11033

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

Partly served 46.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Belpech (INSEE 11033) is in Aude (11), part of CC Piège Lauragais Malepère. Population 1,343 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11033-belpech

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 12,404 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.65	10	6.53
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (O FOURNIL DE BELPECH). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (EURL BOUCHERIE POUYTES · DE GRENIER DAVID). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PETIT CASINO · EPICERIE SAINT JEAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RENDEZ-VOUS AU 15). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HENRI BERGAMO, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE SEMBEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES DEUX SUD). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE DE BELPECH). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE JULIE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	O FOURNIL DE BELPECH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	EURL BOUCHERIE POUYTES · DE GRENIER DAVID	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	PETIT CASINO · EPICERIE SAINT JEAN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	RENDEZ-VOUS AU 15	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	HENRI BERGAMO, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE SEMBEL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES DEUX SUD	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	BELPECH AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHÈQUE DE BELPECH	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	1	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LES CISEAUX DE JULIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,224 2023: 1,343 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,332 (2012) → 1,343 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,165 (1990) → 1,343 (2023): 15.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 760, of which 6.8 % second homes and 13.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 8.4 km NW 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 (Belpech): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Belpech): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Belpech): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mazères): 8.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Belpech): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 31.5

Muggy days a summer 7.1

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTFERRAND weather station, 18.2 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 241 m. ^[10]

The village sits 51 m above 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 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 20 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 81 m below 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 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BELPECH, 0.4 km away at 235 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 — 11033/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11033/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11033/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11033/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11033
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09185
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
Labastide-d'Anjou	11	18 km NE	1,255	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Clères	76	714 km N	1,381	54.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 93 %
Ébreuil	03	341 km N	1,306	55.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Abreschviller	57	732 km NE	1,428	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud	79	393 km NW	1,498	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Val-de-Virieu	38	390 km NE	1,528	47.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 24 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Labastide-d'Anjou	11	18 km NE	1,255	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Ébreuil	03	341 km N	1,306	55.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Val-de-Virieu	38	390 km NE	1,528	47.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 24 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud	79	393 km NW	1,498	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Clères	76	714 km N	1,381	54.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 93 %
Abreschviller	57	732 km NE	1,428	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · 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 Belpech'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
Prignac-et-Marcamps	33	271 km NW	1,494	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Auros	33	210 km NW	1,072	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rauzan	33	231 km NW	1,247	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Corme-Royal	17	349 km NW	1,997	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Monségur	33	210 km NW	1,579	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Sauve	33	240 km NW	1,589	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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