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Cazilhac

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11088

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

Partly served 46.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cazilhac (INSEE 11088) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 1,664 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/11088-cazilhac

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 10,851 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.34258.55
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0.66106.56
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.7107.02
Housing mix0.9654.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PALAIS GOURMAND). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ART EST GOURMAND · LEPETIMARCHE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SAS CAZI'DEL MAR). [3,4]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENOIT MAZENC, MÉDECIN · GABRIEL MAYNIE, MÉDECIN · MARINE TARROU, MÉDECIN · VINCENT CLAUDEL, MÉDECIN · AUDREY BELLOT, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE PECH ANGES). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CAZILHAC). [3]

6 × Hairdresser (HURET NOELLE · BULLE D'HAIR · L'ATELIER COIFFURE BY ALEXANDRA · ALIYA INSTITUT · LA BARBIERE DE CAZILHAC). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING À L'OMBRE DES OLIVIERS). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE PALAIS GOURMANDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2L'ART EST GOURMAND · LEPETIMARCHEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2SAS CAZI'DEL MARINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA FONTAINEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5BENOIT MAZENC, MÉDECIN · GABRIEL MAYNIE, MÉDECIN · MARINE TARROU, MÉDECIN · VINCENT CLAUDEL, MÉDECIN · AUDREY BELLOT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE PECH ANGESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1CAZILHAC APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CAZILHACINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser6HURET NOELLE · BULLE D'HAIR · L'ATELIER COIFFURE BY ALEXANDRA · ALIYA INSTITUT · LA BARBIERE DE CAZILHACINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING À L'OMBRE DES OLIVIERSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 257 2023: 1,664 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,658 (2012) → 1,664 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,384 (1990) → 1,664 (2023): 20.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 840, of which 1.8 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Cazilhac): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cazilhac): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Cazilhac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Cazilhac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Cazilhac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the CARCASSONNE weather station, 6.5 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 138 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at CARCASSONNE, 6.5 km away at 128 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 637 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at CARCASSONNE, 6.5 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11088/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11088/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11088/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11088/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11088
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ergersheim67720 km NE1,47941.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Jean-d'Arvey73393 km NE1,72141.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Denis-en-Bugey01387 km NE2,24644.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 41 % · humidity 36 %
Aiglemont08756 km N1,69235.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 43 % · humidity 29 %
Chauriat63294 km N1,80538.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Brié-et-Angonnes38347 km NE2,49752.1Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 28 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chauriat63294 km N1,80538.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Brié-et-Angonnes38347 km NE2,49752.1Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 28 %
Saint-Denis-en-Bugey01387 km NE2,24644.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 41 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Jean-d'Arvey73393 km NE1,72141.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Ergersheim67720 km NE1,47941.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Aiglemont08756 km N1,69235.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 43 % · 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 Cazilhac'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Auzielle3176 km NW1,63534.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Villegailhenc119.3 km N1,71840.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-la-Comptal1138 km W1,44831Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Palaja112.3 km SE2,72251Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pezens1111 km NW1,61143.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Belberaud3174 km NW1,59740.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %