Couiza

Aude · CC du Limouxin · INSEE 11103

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

Partly served 46/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Couiza (INSEE 11103) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 1,132 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11103-couiza

Vitality score

Vitality score 46/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 73 % of the 13,593 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.38	10	3.8
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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) (CHEZ LIONEL ET BARBARA). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ARCADIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (8 A HUIT). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE CARNOTZET · TINPAU · SEBADEL · FRED LA CH'TI FRITE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE SAINT ANNE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN BAPTISTE BIEULES). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL LEMARQUE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE COUIZA GUY AURIFFEUILLE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROUTE DES PYRENEES). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (GARCIA JOSETTE · STYL'&COIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (CHÂTEAU DES DUCS DE JOYEUSE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHEZ LIONEL ET BARBARA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	ARCADIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	8 A HUIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LE CARNOTZET · TINPAU · SEBADEL · FRED LA CH'TI FRITE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE SAINT ANNE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN BAPTISTE BIEULES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PASCAL LEMARQUE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LA SALZ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE COUIZA GUY AURIFFEUILLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROUTE DES PYRENEES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	GARCIA JOSETTE · STYL'&COIFF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CHÂTEAU DES DUCS DE JOYEUSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,297 peak 1975: 1,314 2023: 1,132 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,155 (2012) → 1,132 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,287 (1990) → 1,132 (2023): -12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 668, of which 10.8 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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 (Couiza): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Couiza): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Couiza): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Couiza): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Couiza): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 41.9

Days at or below 0 °C 18.9▸

Muggy days a summer 7

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the GRANES weather station, 3.7 km away at 420 m; the village itself is at 225 m. ^[9]

The village sits 195 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at GRANES, 3.7 km away at 420 m, over 25 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 195 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 702 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at GRANES, 3.7 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11103/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11103/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11103/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11103/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11103
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
Auzances	23	343 km N	1,129	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 32 % · humidity 57 %
Arzacq-Arraziguet	64	226 km W	1,077	54	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Mondoubleau	41	570 km N	1,297	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Arnay-le-Duc	21	498 km N	1,342	53.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 %
Sancerre	18	490 km N	1,269	50.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints	80	786 km N	1,500	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arzacq-Arraziguet	64	226 km W	1,077	54	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Auzances	23	343 km N	1,129	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 32 % · humidity 57 %
Sancerre	18	490 km N	1,269	50.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Arnay-le-Duc	21	498 km N	1,342	53.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 %
Mondoubleau	41	570 km N	1,297	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints	80	786 km N	1,500	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Couiza'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
Cajarc	46	175 km N	1,136	69.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet	66	25 km SE	1,742	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Andance	07	327 km NE	1,192	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Maury	66	31 km SE	773	55.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fossat	09	74 km W	1,071	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Espéraza	11	3.0 km W	1,774	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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