Fanjeaux

Identity

Fanjeaux (INSEE 11136) is in Aude (11), part of CC Piège Lauragais Malepère. Population 885 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11136-fanjeaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 15,080 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GUICHENUY ANNE-MARIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AGM FANJEAUX). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA TABLE CATHARE - CHEZ ANGEL · OCCITAN BURGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA CLARTE DIEU). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE OCCITANE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE FANJEAUX). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (AIRE NAT CAMPING LES BRUGUES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 785 (2012) → 885 (2023): 12.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 775 (1990) → 885 (2023): 14.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 450, of which 15.6 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villasavary): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fanjeaux): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villasavary): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fanjeaux): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fanjeaux): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FANJEAUX_SAPC weather station, 3.3 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 352 m. ^[10]

The village sits 170 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALAIGNE, 9.8 km away at 293 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 59 m below 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 618 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FANJEAUX_SAPC, 3.3 km away at 182 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11136/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11136/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11136/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11136/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11418
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11136
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024