Coustaussa
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Coustaussa (INSEE 11109) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 50 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/11109-coustaussa
Vitality score
Vitality score 12/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 59 % of the 4,828 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.63 |
| Housing mix | 0.71 | 5 | 3.54 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 51 (2012) → 50 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 43 (1990) → 50 (2023): 16.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 41, of which 14.6 % second homes and 24.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Couiza): 2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Couiza): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Couiza): 2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Couiza): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Couiza): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the GRANES weather station, 4.2 km away at 420 m; the village itself is at 312 m. [9]
The village sits 108 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 5 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at GRANES, 4.2 km away at 420 m, over 25 summers. [9]
That station sits 108 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, 4.2 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11109/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11109/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11109/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11109/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieuzos | 65 | 153 km W | 51 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sommerance | 08 | 740 km N | 50 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 64 % |
| Saint-Élix-Séglan | 31 | 119 km W | 51 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Élencourt | 60 | 752 km N | 48 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 % |
| Rorbach-lès-Dieuze | 57 | 744 km NE | 48 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chazelles-sur-Albe | 54 | 718 km NE | 50 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Élix-Séglan | 31 | 119 km W | 51 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vieuzos | 65 | 153 km W | 51 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chazelles-sur-Albe | 54 | 718 km NE | 50 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 % |
| Sommerance | 08 | 740 km N | 50 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 64 % |
| Rorbach-lès-Dieuze | 57 | 744 km NE | 48 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 % |
| Élencourt | 60 | 752 km N | 48 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 69 % · 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 Coustaussa'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valmascle | 34 | 110 km NE | 52 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lanoux | 09 | 72 km W | 60 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lavalette | 34 | 116 km NE | 53 | 14 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Monviel | 47 | 228 km NW | 76 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auterive | 82 | 147 km NW | 65 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lachapelle | 47 | 243 km NW | 96 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
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