Bugarach

Aude · CC du Limouxin · INSEE 11055

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Partly served 44.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bugarach (INSEE 11055) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 250 (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 44.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 17,252 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.53	5	2.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (FERME DE JANOU · JARDIN ET COMPAGNIE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (LES SAVEURS DU TERROIR). ^[3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BUGARACH AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BUGARACH). ^[4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	3	FERME DE JANOU · JARDIN ET COMPAGNIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	LES SAVEURS DU TERROIR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	BUGARACH AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BUGARACH	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 156 2023: 250 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 210 (2012) → 250 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 153 (1990) → 250 (2023): 63.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 205, of which 23.4 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.4 km NWFood shop — 5.5 km NWBakery — 7.4 km SPharmacy — 10.8 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 (Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rennes-les-Bains): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rennes-les-Bains): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Couiza): 10.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bugarach): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 27.1

Muggy days a summer 4

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST LOUIS-ET-PARAHOU weather station, 3 km away at 684 m; the village itself is at 460 m. ^[12]

The village sits 224 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GRANES, 8.9 km away at 420 m, over 25 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,053 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST LOUIS-ET-PARAHOU, 3 km away at 684 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11055/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11055/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11055/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11055/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11055
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
La Bruère-sur-Loir	72	554 km N	250	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Christoly-Médoc	33	375 km NW	297	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Montner	66	30 km SE	324	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Bidon	07	242 km NE	254	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Bouize	18	492 km N	253	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Vanlay	10	587 km N	284	28.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 46 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montner	66	30 km SE	324	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Bidon	07	242 km NE	254	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Christoly-Médoc	33	375 km NW	297	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Bouize	18	492 km N	253	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
La Bruère-sur-Loir	72	554 km N	250	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Vanlay	10	587 km N	284	28.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 46 %

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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 Bugarach'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
Bélesta	66	27 km SE	270	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent-d'Olargues	34	87 km NE	355	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Juncalas	65	192 km W	174	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Plaisance	86	402 km N	170	11.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Candes-Saint-Martin	37	514 km N	180	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor	24	306 km NW	213	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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