Douzens

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11122

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Douzens (INSEE 11122) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 784 (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/11122-douzens

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 15,755 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	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.92	10	9.15
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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. ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAMIEN SCHAMBRI, MÉDECIN · YVES SCHAMBRI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	DAMIEN SCHAMBRI, MÉDECIN · YVES SCHAMBRI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE DOUZENS	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 800 2023: 784 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 706 (2012) → 784 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 554 (1990) → 784 (2023): 41.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 462, of which 10 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.7 km EFood shop — 2.8 km WPharmacy — 3.0 km WBakery — 4.7 km NE 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 (Puichéric): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Capendu): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Douzens): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Capendu): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Douzens): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.1

Days at or below 0 °C 21.4

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAGRASSE weather station, 10.6 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 89 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 10.7 km away at 60 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 700 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CAPENDU, 3.8 km away at 79 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 — 11122/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11122/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11122/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11122/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11122
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
Beaumont-sur-Vesle	51	677 km N	767	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 51 % · humidity 21 %
Coulanges-la-Vineuse	89	508 km N	783	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 31 % · humidity 21 %
Miniac-sous-Bécherel	35	667 km NW	776	35.7	Few services	no figures
Verquières	13	201 km E	772	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Gervais	30	194 km NE	801	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Bazoches-lès-Bray	77	582 km N	878	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Gervais	30	194 km NE	801	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Verquières	13	201 km E	772	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Coulanges-la-Vineuse	89	508 km N	783	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 31 % · humidity 21 %
Bazoches-lès-Bray	77	582 km N	878	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 29 %
Miniac-sous-Bécherel	35	667 km NW	776	35.7	Few services	no figures
Beaumont-sur-Vesle	51	677 km N	767	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 51 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Douzens'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
Tresserre	66	72 km S	1,166	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Preixan	11	26 km W	637	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Meillon	64	236 km W	957	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	28 km W	1,025	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Roaillan	33	273 km NW	1,810	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Belvèze-du-Razès	11	41 km W	884	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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