Fitou

Aude · CC Corbières Salanque Méditerranée · INSEE 11144

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

Partly served 46.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fitou (INSEE 11144) is in Aude (11), part of CC Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. Population 1,158 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11144-fitou

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 13,431 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.11	5	0.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (O PETIT GABI). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE COURTAL DES VIDAL · LA CAVE D'AGNES · ANAMANDINE · LE PARADOR DES CORBIERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA CABANE DE FITOU). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIA DE LOS ANGELES ALBA SIEIRA RIBOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FITOU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORT). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (AUZAN). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE FUN). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	O PETIT GABI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	4	LE COURTAL DES VIDAL · LA CAVE D'AGNES · ANAMANDINE · LE PARADOR DES CORBIERES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA CABANE DE FITOU	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	MARIA DE LOS ANGELES ALBA SIEIRA RIBOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	FITOU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FITOU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	AUZAN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE FUN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 555 2023: 1,158 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,013 (2012) → 1,158 (2023): 14.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 579 (1990) → 1,158 (2023): 100 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,190, of which 44.5 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop Primary school — 0.5 km WGP — 0.9 km EPharmacy — 4.3 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 (Fitou): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fitou): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fitou): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Leucate): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fitou): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 51.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 2.8▸

Muggy days a summer 27▸

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 51 days a year at or above 30 °C and 3 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FITOU weather station, 1.1 km away at 9 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 27 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LEUCATE, 6.8 km away at 42 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 501 mm of rain a year, spread over 57 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FITOU, 1.1 km away at 9 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 — 11144/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11144/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11144/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11144/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11144
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11202
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
Bogève	74	457 km NE	1,200	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Collias	30	169 km NE	1,095	51.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %
Chaumont-sur-Tharonne	41	531 km N	1,042	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %
Lucéram	06	371 km E	1,234	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Vinsobres	26	232 km NE	1,034	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Lasalle	30	146 km NE	1,202	56.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lasalle	30	146 km NE	1,202	56.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Collias	30	169 km NE	1,095	51.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %
Vinsobres	26	232 km NE	1,034	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Lucéram	06	371 km E	1,234	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Bogève	74	457 km NE	1,200	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Chaumont-sur-Tharonne	41	531 km N	1,042	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Fitou'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
Cargèse	2A	468 km E	1,150	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Caves	11	4.2 km N	875	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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