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Fenouillet-du-Razès

Aude · CC Piège Lauragais Malepère · INSEE 11139

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 7.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fenouillet-du-Razès (INSEE 11139) is in Aude (11), part of CC Piège Lauragais Malepère. Population 78 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11139-fenouillet-du-razes

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 8,292 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.4103.97
Housing mix0.4952.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 145 2023: 78 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 90 (2012) → 78 (2023): -13.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 87 (1990) → 78 (2023): -10.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 70, of which 25.7 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.1 km N (Fanjeaux)Pharmacy — 3.1 km N (Fanjeaux)Primary school — 3.2 km N (Fanjeaux)Bakery — 3.5 km S (Montgradail)GP — 6.5 km SE (Belvèze-du-Razès)
Food shop — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 3.1 km NPrimary school — 3.2 km NBakery — 3.5 km SGP — 6.5 km SE 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 (Montgradail): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fanjeaux): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Belvèze-du-Razès): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Fanjeaux): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Fanjeaux): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the FANJEAUX_SAPC weather station, 6 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 327 m. [11]

The village sits 145 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ALAIGNE, 7.5 km away at 293 m, over 24 summers. [11]

An average of 618 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at FANJEAUX_SAPC, 6 km away at 182 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11139/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11139/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11139/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11139/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11246
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11136
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11034
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Thou18477 km N779.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Nazaire-des-Gardies30184 km NE8011.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Brixey-aux-Chanoines55656 km NE776.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 12 % · humidity 14 %
Fay-lès-Marcilly10596 km N808.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 %
Ambiévillers70625 km NE805.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 14 %
Blanzay-sur-Boutonne17376 km NW767.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Nazaire-des-Gardies30184 km NE8011.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Blanzay-sur-Boutonne17376 km NW767.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 29 %
Thou18477 km N779.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 50 %
Fay-lès-Marcilly10596 km N808.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 %
Ambiévillers70625 km NE805.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 14 %
Brixey-aux-Chanoines55656 km NE776.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 12 % · humidity 14 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ibarrolle64253 km W737.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Monget40211 km W777No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-de-Briola117.1 km W7910.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Goux32174 km W6510.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Séailles32168 km NW709.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sion32176 km W997.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %