Embres-et-Castelmaure
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Embres-et-Castelmaure (INSEE 11125) is in Aude (11), part of CC Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. Population 165 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 54 % of the 14,807 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.76 |
| Housing mix | 0.04 | 5 | 0.21 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (EMBRES ET CASTELMAURE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE EMBRES-ET-CASTELMAURE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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) | 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 | 1 | EMBRES ET CASTELMAURE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE EMBRES-ET-CASTELMAURE | 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
Population 156 (2012) → 165 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 169 (1990) → 165 (2023): -2.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 47.9 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Durban-Corbières): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Jean-de-Barrou): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Durban-Corbières): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Durban-Corbières): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Fraissé-des-Corbières): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the DURBAN-CORBIERES weather station, 6.1 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 180 m. [11]
The village sits 60 m above 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DURBAN-CORBIERES, 6.1 km away at 120 m, over 28 summers. [11]
That station sits 60 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 657 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at DURBAN-CORBIERES, 6.1 km away at 120 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 — 11125/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11125/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11125/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11125/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11124
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11345
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11157
- 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 Beaume | 05 | 289 km NE | 153 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 % |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon | 05 | 291 km NE | 150 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 % |
| Dornas | 07 | 246 km NE | 195 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 35 % · humidity 36 % |
| Davejean | 11 | 17 km W | 163 | 21.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| Barnas | 07 | 221 km NE | 209 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 % |
| Castirla | 2B | 521 km E | 166 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 58 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davejean | 11 | 17 km W | 163 | 21.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| Barnas | 07 | 221 km NE | 209 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 % |
| Dornas | 07 | 246 km NE | 195 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 35 % · humidity 36 % |
| La Beaume | 05 | 289 km NE | 153 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 % |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon | 05 | 291 km NE | 150 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 % |
| Castirla | 2B | 521 km E | 166 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 58 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Embres-et-Castelmaure'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascastel-des-Corbières | 11 | 6.7 km NW | 212 | 26.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fraissé-des-Corbières | 11 | 4.5 km NE | 232 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Castet-Arrouy | 32 | 205 km NW | 168 | 20.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roquecourbe-Minervois | 11 | 34 km NW | 150 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montbrun-des-Corbières | 11 | 31 km N | 343 | 30.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Barrou | 11 | 3.0 km NE | 272 | 20.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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