Capendu

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11068

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

Partly served 47/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Capendu (INSEE 11068) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 1,453 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 47/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 11,874 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.5	20	9.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.63	10	6.25
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRADITIONNELLE LALARIC). ^[4,3]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (INTERMARCHE · EPIDOC). ^[4,3]

10 × Restaurant (AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · MC DONALD'S · LE ROULIER). ^[4,3]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DE L'ALARIC). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOISE GARNIER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-YVES ASPAR, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MULLOT). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LE CHAI). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE CAPENDU). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (EXCEL COIFFURE). ^[4,3]

4 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4,3]

1 × Hotel (LE ROULIER). ^[4,3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[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)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRADITIONNELLE LALARIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	INTERMARCHE · EPIDOC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
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	10	AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · MC DONALD'S · LE ROULIER	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DE L'ALARIC	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	FRANCOISE GARNIER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-YVES ASPAR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MULLOT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LE CHAI	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE CAPENDU	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	EXCEL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Fuel station	4	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Hotel	1	LE ROULIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,413 peak 2012: 1,604 2023: 1,453 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,604 (2012) → 1,453 (2023): -9.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,291 (1990) → 1,453 (2023): 12.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 839, of which 8.3 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 5.5 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 (Badens): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Capendu): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Capendu): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Capendu): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Capendu): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20.7

Muggy days a summer 12.1▸

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAURE-MINERVOIS weather station, 9.9 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ARQUETTES-EN-VAL, 10.3 km away at 240 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 159 m above 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 700 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CAPENDU, 0.7 km away at 79 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 — 11068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11068
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
Le Mas-d'Agenais	47	232 km NW	1,456	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Ottrott	67	697 km NE	1,620	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 61 % · humidity 29 %
Damazan	47	221 km NW	1,358	55	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Castets et Castillon	33	266 km NW	1,551	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Lusigny	03	386 km N	1,620	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 55 % · humidity 21 %
Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil	70	597 km NE	1,327	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 27 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Damazan	47	221 km NW	1,358	55	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Le Mas-d'Agenais	47	232 km NW	1,456	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Castets et Castillon	33	266 km NW	1,551	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Lusigny	03	386 km N	1,620	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 55 % · humidity 21 %
Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil	70	597 km NE	1,327	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 27 % · humidity 29 %
Ottrott	67	697 km NE	1,620	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 61 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Capendu'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
Montblanc	34	70 km E	2,932	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Laure-Minervois	11	10 km N	1,061	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Ornaisons	11	23 km E	1,161	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mercuès	46	174 km NW	1,122	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Rieux-Minervois	11	11 km N	1,957	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Conques-sur-Orbiel	11	16 km NW	2,523	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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