Espéraza

Aude · CC Pyrénées audoises · INSEE 11129

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

Partly served 58.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Espéraza (INSEE 11129) is in Aude (11), part of CC Pyrénées audoises. Population 1,774 (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 58.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 10,394 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.88	20	17.59
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.29	10	2.88
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SOCIETE SERRANO · MAISON DUPIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL CHEZ CHARLY). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (SA ESPE · 8 A HUIT). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (LE MARIN D'EAU DOUCE · LE JARDIN D'INES · CHAPAIRE · HEALTHY LIFE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (RELAIS OCCITAN). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOHANNA LEVY, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DELOS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (ESPÉRAZA MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (LE NOMAD'HAIR BARBER). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SOCIETE SERRANO · MAISON DUPIRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL CHEZ CHARLY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	SA ESPE · 8 A HUIT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	LE MARIN D'EAU DOUCE · LE JARDIN D'INES · CHAPAIRE · HEALTHY LIFE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	RELAIS OCCITAN	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JOHANNA LEVY, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DELOS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	ESPÉRAZA MÉDIATHÈQUE	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	3	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	4	LE NOMAD'HAIR BARBER	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 2,766 2023: 1,774 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,044 (2012) → 1,774 (2023): -13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,250 (1990) → 1,774 (2023): -21.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,370, of which 7.7 % second homes and 21.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.9 km E 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 (Espéraza): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Espéraza): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Espéraza): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Couiza): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Espéraza): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.5

Days at or below 0 °C 19.5

Muggy days a summer 6.6

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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GRANES weather station, 3.8 km away at 420 m; the village itself is at 241 m. ^[10]

The village sits 179 m below 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GRANES, 3.8 km away at 420 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 179 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 702 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GRANES, 3.8 km away at 420 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 — 11129/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11129/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11129/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11129/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11129
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11103
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
Val-de-Meuse	52	618 km NE	1,801	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 31 % · humidity 57 %
Chalais	16	313 km NW	1,812	58.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Montguyon	17	318 km NW	1,705	61.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 %
Boulogne-sur-Gesse	31	134 km W	1,673	64.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 57 %
Esternay	51	653 km N	1,748	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 31 % · humidity 57 %
Beauvoir-sur-Niort	79	419 km NW	1,765	53	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boulogne-sur-Gesse	31	134 km W	1,673	64.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 57 %
Chalais	16	313 km NW	1,812	58.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Montguyon	17	318 km NW	1,705	61.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 %
Beauvoir-sur-Niort	79	419 km NW	1,765	53	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Val-de-Meuse	52	618 km NE	1,801	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 31 % · humidity 57 %
Esternay	51	653 km N	1,748	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 31 % · 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 Espéraza'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
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet	66	27 km SE	1,742	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Laroque-Timbaut	47	190 km NW	1,589	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Alignan-du-Vent	34	109 km NE	1,796	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Ayguesvives	31	75 km NW	2,812	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Bazeille	47	246 km NW	3,171	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Connaux	30	231 km NE	1,705	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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