Escales

Aude · CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois · INSEE 11126

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

Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Escales (INSEE 11126) is in Aude (11), part of CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. Population 512 (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 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 17,733 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE COMPTOIR D'ESCALES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA PETITE CUILLERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ESCALES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AMANDA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE COMPTOIR D'ESCALES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LA PETITE CUILLERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	ESCALES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ESCALES	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	AMANDA COIFFURE	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: 410 2023: 512 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 412 (2012) → 512 (2023): 24.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 316 (1990) → 512 (2023): 62 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 322, of which 14.6 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.5 km NWPharmacy — 4.7 km NWGP — 5.2 km NW 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 (La Redorte): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Escales): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Redorte): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Redorte): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Escales): 0.1 km to the south-west (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. ^[10]

Measured at the LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES weather station, 6.2 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 73 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 6.2 km away at 60 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 627 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 6.2 km away at 60 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11126/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11126/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11126/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11126/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11190
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11126
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
Pierrefitte-sur-Loire	03	376 km N	506	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 50 % · humidity 21 %
Vingrau	66	42 km S	536	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Méry-ès-Bois	18	456 km N	533	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 42 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols	84	219 km NE	499	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 50 % · humidity 21 %
Vercheny	26	263 km NE	443	43	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 57 % · humidity 14 %
Le Bessat	42	279 km NE	530	51.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vingrau	66	42 km S	536	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols	84	219 km NE	499	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 50 % · humidity 21 %
Vercheny	26	263 km NE	443	43	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 57 % · humidity 14 %
Le Bessat	42	279 km NE	530	51.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Pierrefitte-sur-Loire	03	376 km N	506	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 50 % · humidity 21 %
Méry-ès-Bois	18	456 km N	533	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 42 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Escales'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
Thézan-des-Corbières	11	15 km SE	573	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montséret	11	16 km SE	616	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Trausse	11	15 km NW	614	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Malves-en-Minervois	11	21 km W	888	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Fontcouverte	11	6.2 km S	575	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Aigues-Vives	11	13 km W	532	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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