Cruscades

Aude · CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois · INSEE 11111

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

Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cruscades (INSEE 11111) is in Aude (11), part of CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. Population 936 (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 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 14,731 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	0.21	25	5.27
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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE COMPTOIR DU LYROU). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (TAPA LOCA). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE COMPTOIR DU LYROU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	TAPA LOCA	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	CRUSCADES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CRUSCADES	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: 374 2023: 936 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 667 (2012) → 936 (2023): 40.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 289 (1990) → 936 (2023): 223.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 425, of which 6.4 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.1 km SEPharmacy — 2.1 km SEBakery — 3.4 km W 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 (Lézignan-Corbières): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cruscades): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ornaisons): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ornaisons): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cruscades): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.9

Days at or below 0 °C 15.8▸

Muggy days a summer 11.8▸

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES weather station, 7.3 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 7.3 km away at 60 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 627 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 7.3 km away at 60 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 — 11111/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11111/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11111/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11111/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11203
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11267
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
La Rivière-Drugeon	25	488 km NE	933	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Hostun	26	280 km NE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
Bouleternère	66	63 km S	951	41.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	46 km W	1,025	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Barbaira	11	25 km W	805	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Michery	89	570 km N	1,078	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 59 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Barbaira	11	25 km W	805	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	46 km W	1,025	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bouleternère	66	63 km S	951	41.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Hostun	26	280 km NE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
La Rivière-Drugeon	25	488 km NE	933	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Michery	89	570 km N	1,078	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 59 % · 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 Cruscades'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
Barbaira	11	25 km W	805	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Valros	34	51 km NE	1,685	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Espère	46	187 km NW	963	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villegly	11	32 km W	1,247	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Marseillette	11	22 km W	697	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Conilhac-Corbières	11	7.9 km W	954	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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