Escueillens-et-Saint-Just-de-Bélengard
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Escueillens-et-Saint-Just-de-Bélengard (INSEE 11128) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 160 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 14.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 41 % of the 14,595 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 | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.64 | 10 | 6.43 |
| Housing mix | 0.54 | 5 | 2.69 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ESCUEILLENS ET SAINT JUST AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ESCUEILLENS-ET-SAINT-JUST-DE-BÉLE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (HIGGINS ANNETTE). [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. [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 | 1 | ESCUEILLENS ET SAINT JUST AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ESCUEILLENS-ET-SAINT-JUST-DE-BÉLE | 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 | HIGGINS ANNETTE | 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
Population 177 (2012) → 160 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 140 (1990) → 160 (2023): 14.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 134, of which 23.1 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montgradail): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villelongue-d'Aude): 8.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Belvèze-du-Razès): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Belvèze-du-Razès): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Bellegarde-du-Razès): 2 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ALAIGNE weather station, 6.3 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 332 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ALAIGNE, 6.3 km away at 293 m, over 24 summers. [12]
An average of 659 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ALAIGNE, 6.3 km away at 293 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11128/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11128/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11128/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11128/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11246
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11427
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11034
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11032
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montboudif | 15 | 258 km N | 161 | 7.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 % |
| Portet | 64 | 186 km W | 161 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 % |
| Corravillers | 70 | 641 km NE | 161 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 8 % · humidity 14 % |
| Arches | 15 | 246 km N | 192 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 % |
| Tercillat | 23 | 367 km N | 158 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 23 % · humidity 7 % |
| Prats-du-Périgord | 24 | 192 km NW | 143 | 8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portet | 64 | 186 km W | 161 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 % |
| Prats-du-Périgord | 24 | 192 km NW | 143 | 8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 % |
| Arches | 15 | 246 km N | 192 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 % |
| Montboudif | 15 | 258 km N | 161 | 7.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 % |
| Tercillat | 23 | 367 km N | 158 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 23 % · humidity 7 % |
| Corravillers | 70 | 641 km NE | 161 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 8 % · humidity 14 % |
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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 Escueillens-et-Saint-Just-de-Bélengard'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castex-d'Armagnac | 32 | 196 km NW | 144 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bernède | 32 | 192 km W | 182 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cailhau | 11 | 10 km NE | 247 | 21.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brézilhac | 11 | 8.2 km NE | 172 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lannemaignan | 32 | 200 km NW | 105 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ayzieu | 32 | 184 km NW | 158 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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