Cascastel-des-Corbières

Aude · CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois · INSEE 11071

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

Few services 26.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cascastel-des-Corbières (INSEE 11071) is in Aude (11), part of CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. Population 212 (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 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 16,349 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.54	10	5.39
Housing mix	0.32	5	1.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE 28 PARDI). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CASCASTEL DES CORBIERES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CASCASTEL-DES-CORBIÈRES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	1	LE 28 PARDI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CASCASTEL DES CORBIERES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CASCASTEL-DES-CORBIÈRES	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	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

1968: 268 2023: 212 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 222 (2012) → 212 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 204 (1990) → 212 (2023): 3.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 33.8 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km SEGP — 4.5 km EBakery — 4.6 km EPharmacy — 5.0 km E 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 (Durban-Corbières): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villeneuve-les-Corbières): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Durban-Corbières): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Durban-Corbières): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cascastel-des-Corbières): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 21.6

Muggy days a summer 11.6▸

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 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DURBAN-CORBIERES weather station, 4.9 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 147 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DURBAN-CORBIERES, 4.9 km away at 120 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 657 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DURBAN-CORBIERES, 4.9 km away at 120 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 — 11071/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11071/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11071/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11071/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11431
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11071
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
Revest-des-Brousses	04	259 km NE	267	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Bélesta	66	32 km SW	270	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Vimenet	12	158 km N	248	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 19 % · humidity 21 %
Leucamp	15	200 km N	244	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 64 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan	34	62 km N	302	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Guillaume	38	315 km NE	238	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 30 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bélesta	66	32 km SW	270	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan	34	62 km N	302	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Vimenet	12	158 km N	248	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 19 % · humidity 21 %
Leucamp	15	200 km N	244	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 64 % · humidity 14 %
Revest-des-Brousses	04	259 km NE	267	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Guillaume	38	315 km NE	238	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 30 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Cascastel-des-Corbières'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
Montbrun-des-Corbières	11	25 km N	343	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Embres-et-Castelmaure	11	6.7 km SE	165	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Fraissé-des-Corbières	11	8.4 km E	232	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cazouls-d'Hérault	34	81 km NE	420	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-les-Corbières	11	1.6 km SE	253	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-Barrou	11	7.2 km SE	272	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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