Floure

Identity

Floure (INSEE 11146) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 405 (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/11146-floure

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 18,030 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 391 (2012) → 405 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 255 (1990) → 405 (2023): 58.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 170, of which 2.4 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Trèbes): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Barbaira): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Badens): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Trèbes): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Floure): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARQUETTES-EN-VAL weather station, 9.2 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 82 m. ^[12]

The village sits 158 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARQUETTES-EN-VAL, 9.2 km away at 240 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 158 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 700 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CAPENDU, 4.9 km away at 79 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11146/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11146/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11146/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11146/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11397
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11027
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11023
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11146
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024