Fendeille

Aude · CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois · INSEE 11138

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

Few services 32.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fendeille (INSEE 11138) is in Aude (11), part of CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois. Population 658 (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 32.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 16,680 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LES 4 VENTS). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE LES 4 VENTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	FENDEILLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 227 2023: 658 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 579 (2012) → 658 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 356 (1990) → 658 (2023): 84.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 311, of which 3.2 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.6 km NGP — 4.9 km NPharmacy — 5.1 km N 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 (Fendeille): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Castelnaudary): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Castelnaudary): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Castelnaudary): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.7

Days at or below 0 °C 22

Muggy days a summer 9.5

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CASTELNAUDARY weather station, 4 km away at 160 m; the village itself is at 206 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 4 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 684 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 4 km away at 160 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 — 11138/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11138/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11138/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11138/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11076
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
Greneville-en-Beauce	45	546 km N	654	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Rémy-de-Chargnat	63	273 km NE	631	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 29 %
Valay	70	537 km NE	638	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 %
Les Hauts-de-Chée	55	670 km N	693	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Brosville	27	652 km N	670	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 69 % · humidity 36 %
Brillon-en-Barrois	55	652 km N	704	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Rémy-de-Chargnat	63	273 km NE	631	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 29 %
Valay	70	537 km NE	638	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 %
Greneville-en-Beauce	45	546 km N	654	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 %
Brillon-en-Barrois	55	652 km N	704	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Brosville	27	652 km N	670	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 69 % · humidity 36 %
Les Hauts-de-Chée	55	670 km N	693	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 73 % · 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 Fendeille'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
Pazayac	24	211 km N	811	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vernet	09	29 km W	682	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Trentels	47	156 km NW	843	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lagupie	47	205 km NW	680	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Affrique-les-Montagnes	81	37 km NE	748	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cuzorn	47	163 km NW	845	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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