Cabrespine

Identity

Cabrespine (INSEE 11056) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 185 (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/11056-cabrespine

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 15,524 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 × Restaurant (MALOKA). ^[3,4]

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

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

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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 170 (2012) → 185 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 193 (1990) → 185 (2023): -4.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 183, of which 36.1 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villeneuve-Minervois): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villeneuve-Minervois): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Caunes-Minervois): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-Minervois): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cabrespine): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CAUNES-MINERVOIS weather station, 3.6 km away at 371 m; the village itself is at 307 m. ^[11]

The village sits 64 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 CAUNES-MINERVOIS, 3.6 km away at 371 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 64 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 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CAUNES-MINERVOIS, 3.6 km away at 371 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11056/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11056/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11056/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11056/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11433
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11081
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11056
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024